|
|
1. (n.) carbohydrate
any of a class of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, including starches and sugars, produced in green plants by photosynthesis: important source of food for animals and people.
Etymology: (1860–65; carbol- (carb (on ) + -ol2) + -ic)
|
| Definition of 'Carbohydrate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
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
|
|
|
1. (noun) carbohydrate
a substance in foods that provides the body with energy
***Sugars are carbohydrates.
|
| Definition of 'Carbohydrate' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) Carbohydrate
one of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6
|
|
|
Sense: (any of a group of) substances containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, especially the sugars and starches found in food
Potatoes are full of carbohydrate.
|
 Afrikaans: koolhidraat |
 Arabic: كابوهيدرات: هيدراتات الفح |
 Bulgarian: въглехидрат |
 Brazilian: carboidrato |
 Czech: uhlovodan |
 German: das Kohlehydrat |
 Danish: kulhydrat |
 Greek: υδατάνθρακας |
 Spanish: carbohidrato |
 Estonian: süsivesik |
 Farsi: کربوهیدرات |
 Finnish: hiilihydraatti |
 French: hydrate de carbone |
 Hebrew: פָּחמֵימָה |
 Hindi: कार्बोहाइड्रेट |
 Croatian: ugljikohidrat |
 Hungarian: szénhidrát |
 Indonesian: karbohidrat |
 Icelandic: sykra, kolvetni |
 Italian: carboidrato |
 Japanese: 炭水化物 |
 Korean: 탄수화물 |
 Lithuanian: angliavandenis |
 Latvian: ogļhidrāts |
 Malay: karbohidrat |
 Dutch: koolhydraat |
 Norwegian: karbohydrat |
 Polish: węglowodan |
 Persian: کربوهیدرات |
 Pashto: کاربو هایدرت |
 Portuguese: carbohidrato |
 Romanian: hidrocarbonat |
 Russian: углевод |
 Slovak: uhľohydrát |
 Slovenian: ogljikov hidrat |
 Serbian: ugljeni hidrati |
 Swedish: kolhydrat |
 Thai: คาร์โบไฮเดรต |
 Turkish: karbonhidrat |
 Taiwanese: 碳水化合物 |
 Ukrainian: вуглевод |
 Urdu: نشاستہ |
 Vietnamese: hydrat cacbon |
 Chinese: 碳水化合物 |
Get even more translations for Carbohydrate...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'Carbohydrate' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of Carbohydrate 
