carbonado

(kär′bə nādō, -nä-)

noun pl. carbonadoes or carbonados

  1. Archaic a piece of meat, often fish or fowl, scored and broiled
  2. Origin: Port, carbonized

    a type of tough industrial diamond consisting of a dark, opaque mass of diamond particles, used for drilling and as a semiconductor

Origin: Sp carbonada < carbón, charcoal < L carbo: see carbon

transitive verb carbonadoed, carbonadoing

  1. to score and broil (meat)
  2. to cut gashes in; slash; hack

See carbonado in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. car·bo·na·does or car·bo·na·dos
A piece of scored and broiled fish, fowl, or meat.
transitive verb car·bo·na·doed, car·bo·na·do·ing, car·bo·na·dos
  1. To score and broil (fish, fowl, or meat).
  2. To slice or cut.

Origin:

Origin: From Spanish carbonada

Origin: , from carbón, charcoal

Origin: , from Latin carbō, carbōn-; see carbon

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noun pl. car·bo·na·does
A form of opaque or dark-colored diamond used for drills. Also called black diamond.

Origin:

Origin: Portuguese

Origin: , from carbone, carbon

Origin: , from French; see carbon

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