CARBONADO

carbonado

(noun) a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled

carbonado, black diamond

(noun) an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

carbonado (plural carbonados or carbonadoes)

(cooking, dated) Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled.

Synonym: carbonade

Verb

carbonado (third-person singular simple present carbonados, present participle carbonadoing, simple past and past participle carbonadoed)

(transitive, dated, also, figuratively) To make a carbonado of; to score and broil.

(transitive, obsolete) To cut or hack, as in combat.

Synonym: slash

Etymology 2

Noun

carbonado (plural carbonados or carbonadoes)

(mineral) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.

Synonym: black diamond

Coordinate terms

• ballas

• boart, bort

Source: Wiktionary


Car"bo*nade, Car`bo*na"do, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.] (Cookery)

Definition: Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [Obs.]

Car`bo*na"do, Car"bo*nade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carbonadoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonadoing.]

1. To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [Obs.] A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed. Bean. & Fl.

2. To cut or hack, as in fighting. [Obs.] I'll so carbonado your shanks. Shak.

Car`bo*na"do, n.; pl. Carbonadoes. Etym: [Pg., carbonated.] (Min.)

Definition: A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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