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Definition of "carb" []

  • Informal A carburetor. (noun)
  • Informal A carbohydrate. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "carb" in a sentence
  • "With the increasing popularity of low-carb diets, the word carb somehow started to stand in for calorie, the thing dieters have been told they desperately need to avoid."
  • "Now why he didn't use the carb is a different question ...."
  • "I am still in carb bliss, and think I will use it to get the office cleaned up."