Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A carbohydrate.
- noun A carburetor.
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- noun informal, usually plural Short for
carbohydrate . - noun informal Short for
carburettor /carburetor .
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Examples
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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.
THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010
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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.
THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010
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Now why he didn't use the carb is a different question ....
SXSW Exclusive Clip: Leaves of Grass (Watch Ed Norton and Ed Norton Get Stoned) | /Film 2010
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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.
THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010
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I am still in carb bliss, and think I will use it to get the office cleaned up.
mmmm....carbs.... suricattus 2004
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I understand that the network needs to constantly stay ahead of and predict trends, and they obviously do that with inductions of new shows, like the "carb"-focused ones, but surely not at the expense of the stable of veterans that built FoodTV from the beginning to what it is today.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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I want to reread and digest, but at first blush it looks like long-term carb adaptation occurs so that ketosis really isn’t a problem.
Metabolism and ketosis | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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This particular one contains 35 grams of carb, which is the equivalent of almost a quarter of a cup of pure sugar.
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I knew it was pretty high carb, which is why I chose it as my night-before carb up.
A fast food that flies under the radar screen | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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Consequently, for years it was thought that low-carb diets reduced endurance, and the idea of carb loading was developed.
Lt. Frederick Schwatka and low-carb adaptation | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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