"carbon sink" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-carbon sink.wav [US] Forms: carbon sinks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carbon sink (plural carbon sinks)
  1. A natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period. Wikipedia link: carbon sink Translations (A reservoir that accumulates carbon for an indefinite period): puits de carbone [masculine] (French), putunga waro (Maori)
    Sense id: en-carbon_sink-en-noun-ERCRq8n1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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