carbo

[kahr-boh]

car·bo

[kahr-boh]
noun, plural car·bos. Informal.
2.
a food having a high carbohydrate content.

Origin:
by shortening; compare -o

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Carbo is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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carbo-

a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which carbon is present: carbohydrate.
Also, especially before a vowel, carb-.
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carbo- or carb-
pref.
Carbon: carbohydrate.

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carbo
carbohydrate
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