Synonyms for carbohydrate
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Noun
1. Carb — A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant
carb informal, saccharide
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Definitions
- n. 1
A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).
Related words
- Word family
- carbo-load
- Is a kind of
- chemical compound
Forms
- Plural
- carbohydrates → carbs, saccharides, sugars…
Example sentences
- sugar In 1984, Coke started using HFCS instead of sugar.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| carbohydrate | steady | |
| saccharide | steady | |
| sugar | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- carb1
- 5 letters
- sugar2
- 10 letters
- saccharide
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sugar2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- glucide
- Italiano
- carboidrato
- Español
- carbohidrato