carbonado

Meanings

Noun

an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing
a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled
Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled.
A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.

Verb

To make a carbonado of; to score and broil.
To cut or hack, as in combat.

Origin / Etymology

The noun is derived from Spanish carbonada (“carbonized”) (from carbonar (“to carbonize”)) + -ado (suffix forming past participles of regular verbs ending in -ar). Carbonada appears to have been modelled after Italian carbonata (“coal pile; stew of beef in red wine”), from carbone (“coal; charcoal”) (from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”)) + -ata.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Synonyms

black diamond, carbonade, slash

Scrabble Score: 14

carbonado is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
carbonado is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carbonado is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

carbonado is a valid Words With Friends word