carbon

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/ˈkɑɹ.bən/

noun 5name 5verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

harmful, incomplete, increased, increasing, main, massive, most, related

The factory's massive carbon emissions have been a major environmental concern for years.

VERB + CARBON

absorb, assembled, called, causes, consists, consume, differing, gas

Trees absorb carbon from the atmosphere and help reduce climate change.

CARBON + NOUN

backbone, dioxide, emissions, julia, monoxide, nanotubes, s, tetravalence

The factory reduced its carbon emissions by switching to renewable energy sources.

PREP.

in, with

The factory reduced its emissions by investing in carbon capture technology last year.

ADV.

away, directly, mostly, sometimes

The factory mostly carbon offset its emissions through renewable energy investments.

Definitions

noun

The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material

All life as we know it has carbon as the backbone of many of its molecules; carbon’s tetravalence gives it special importance in biochemical molecular bonds.

Carbon is the most common element in our bodies—indeed, in all living things on earth.

An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.

A sheet of carbon paper.

He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon.

A carbon copy.

Please provide me with a carbon of your form.

Press firmly: you are making a carbon.

A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.

verb

To send a carbon copy of an email message to.

When I send it, I’ll carbon Julia so she’s aware.

name

A surname.

A place name:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in thr

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

carbon burning

The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of greater than 8 solar mass that have exhausted their helium supply, in which carbon is converted to neon, sodium, magnesium and other elements.

Example Bank

All life as we know it has carbon as the backbone of many of its molecules; carbon’s tetravalence gives it special importance in biochemical molecular bonds.

Wiktionary

Carbon is the most common element in our bodies—indeed, in all living things on earth.

Wiktionary

Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look like a fine sand, as well as

Wiktionary

When I send it, I’ll carbon Julia so she’s aware.

Wiktionary

That would lead to the production of more carbon dioxide, the main gas responsible for global warming.

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Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, carbon is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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