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Carbohydrate

//kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.

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

  2. 2
    an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain wordnet
  3. 3
    Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. broadly, colloquial, metonymically

    "I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta."

Etymology

From their general formula Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.

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