"carb" meaning in English

See carb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɑɹb/ [General-American], /kɑːb/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carb.wav Forms: carbs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-noun}} carb (plural carbs)
  1. (informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of carbohydrate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, plural-normally Alternative form of: carbohydrate Translations (carbohydrate): 碳水 (tànshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), hiilari (Finnish), glucide [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-carb-en-noun-lEXjmaqc Disambiguation of 'carbohydrate': 92 5 3
  2. (informal) Clipping of carburettor / carburetor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: carburettor, carburetor Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: carby, carbie Translations (carburetor): kaasari (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-carb-en-noun-6T~vuAz~ Disambiguation of Automotive: 17 71 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 58 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 64 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 68 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 79 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 65 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 61 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 55 16 Disambiguation of 'carburetor': 3 97 1
  3. (drugs) The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.
    Sense id: en-carb-en-noun-f-E9WC8B Topics: drugs, medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carbage, carb-face, carb flu, carbivore, carb up, low-carb, neocarb, noncarb Related terms: carb-

Inflected forms

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