carbonara

[ kahr-buh-nahr-uh; Italian kahr-baw-nah-rah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Italian Cooking.

a sauce or dressing for spaghetti, usually containing minced prosciutto or pancetta, egg yolks, and grated cheese.

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Word History and Origins

1960–65; < dialectal Italian ( alla ) carbonara literally, in the manner of the charcoal pit (compare Late Latin carbonaria brazier; Carbonari ); perhaps in reference to the use of leftover grilled meat in the sauce

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Example Sentences

I obsess about the bountiful, authentic carbonara, and well dressed people, and the gardens...and I could go on....

From The Daily Beast

I myself, ignorant of these customs was once carried to the Carbonara, the destined place of butchery.

From Project Gutenberg

We shall steer for Cape Carbonara, which is some hundred and thirty miles distant.

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carbonado carbon arc

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