carbonado

¹

[ kahr-buh-ney-doh ]

noun

, plural car·bo·na·dos, car·bo·na·does.

1. a massive, black variety of diamond, found chiefly near São Salvador, Brazil, and formerly used for drilling and other cutting purposes.

carbonado

²

[ kahr-buh-ney-doh ]

noun

, plural car·bo·na·does, car·bo·na·dos.

1. a piece of meat, fish, etc., scored and broiled.

verb (used with object)

, car·bo·na·doed, car·bo·na·do·ing.

1. to score and broil.
2. Archaic. to slash; hack.

carbonado

¹

/ -ˈnɑːdəʊ; ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ /

noun

1. an inferior dark massive variety of diamond used in industry for polishing and drilling Also calledblack diamond

carbonado

²

/ ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ; -ˈnɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled

verb

1. to score and grill (meat, fish, etc)
2. archaic.
   to hack or slash

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbonado¹

1850–55; < Portuguese: carbonate

Origin of carbonado²

1580–90; < Spanish carbonada, equivalent to carbón charcoal ( carbon ) + -ada -ade ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbonado¹

Portuguese, literally: carbonated

Origin of carbonado²

C16: from Spanish carbonada, from carbón charcoal; see carbon

Example Sentences

And then added with a grim smile, "But we'll see if an Englishman will not make as good a carbonado as a Portuguese!"

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Ilmenite has sometimes been mistaken in the South African mines for carbonado.

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The largest piece of carbonado ever recorded was found in Bahia in 1895, and weighed 3150 carats.

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Extensive mines are worked at Carbonado, and test shafts have been opened at a few localities near the trail which we followed.

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It is almost exclusively in the mines of Bahia, and in particular in the Cincora district, that the valuable carbonado is found.

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