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Meaning of Carbohydrate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt

Definitions

A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
broadly, colloquial, metonymically

Equivalents

العربية الكربوهيدرات كَرْبُوهِيدْرَات

Català carbohidrat glúcid hidrat de carboni

Čeština glycid karbohydrát sacharid uhlohydrát uhlovodan

Dansk kulhydrat

Deutsch Kohlenhydrat

Ελληνικά υδατάνθρακας

Esperanto karbonhidrato

Español carbohidrato hidrato de carbono

Suomi hiilihydraatti

Français glucide

Gàidhlig gualaisg

Magyar szénhidrát

Հայերեն ածխաջուր

Bahasa Indonesia hidrat arang karbohidrat sakarida

Íslenska kolvetni

Italiano carboidrato

日本語含水炭素炭水化物

ქართული ნახშირწყალი

Қазақ тілі көмірсу

ភាសាខ្មែរ កាបូអ៊ីដ្រាត

한국어 탄수화물

Latviešu ogļhidrāts

Македонски јаглехидрат

मराठी कर्बोदक

Bahasa Melayu karbohidrat

မြန်မာ ကစီဓာတ်

Nederlands koolhydraat

Polski sacharyd węglowodan węglowodanowy

Português carboidrato

Română carbohidrat

Русский карбогидра́т углевод

Svenska kolhydrat

Kiswahili hamirojo kabohaidreti

ไทย คาร์โบไฮเดรต

Türkçe karbonhidrat

Українська вуглево́д вуглеводний

Examples

“These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).”

“Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste ⟳ oxygen using solar energy.”

“I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like ⟳ bread and pasta.”

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Meaning of Carbohydrate | Babel Free

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