carbon
English Thesaurus
1. a copy made with carbon paper (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | copy, |
| definition | : | a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing (noun.artifact) |
2. an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | chemical element, element, |
| definition | : | any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | fullerene, |
| definition | : | a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | char, |
| definition | : | a charred substance (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | charcoal, wood coal, |
| definition | : | a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | carbon black, crock, lampblack, smut, soot, |
| definition | : | a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | activated carbon, activated charcoal, |
| definition | : | powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | adamant, diamond, |
| definition | : | very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | coal, |
| definition | : | fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | limestone, |
| definition | : | a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals (noun.substance) |
3. a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | paper, |
| definition | : | a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses (noun.substance) |
4. an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | carbonate, |
| definition | : | turn into a carbonate (verb.stative) |
| derivation | : | carbonate, |
| definition | : | turn into a carbonate (verb.stative) |
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