carb

English Online Dictionary. What means carb‎? What does carb mean?

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑɹb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b

Noun

carb (plural carbs)

2. (informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of carbohydrate
4. (informal) Clipping of carburetor or carburettor.

   Synonym: (chiefly Commonwealth) carby

6. (drugs) The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• carb-

Anagrams

• BRCA, CRBA, crab, BCAR, BRAC, cbar, RBAC

Albanian

Etymology

An extension of *car +‎ -b, present in the formation of the related words, such as carac, acar, crak, carangth, and ther. Inside the c:th transformation, the counterparties would be tharb (“to sour”), and tharm (“year, sourdough, ferment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡saɾb]

Verb

carb (aorist carba, participle carbur)

1. to rip, to tear apart

   me u carbë ― to become ragged

Conjugation

Derived terms

• carbë (“scrap, rag”)

References