noun
- A piece of meat or fish scored and grilled or broiled, often with a seasoned sauce.
- An imperfectly crystallized or opaque form of diamond, used for industrial purposes such as cutting and grinding.
Usage: culinary; somewhat archaic or regional
Usage: technical; mineralogy
verb
- To score and grill or broil (meat or fish), typically with a seasoned sauce.
Usage: culinary; archaic
Examples
- The chef prepared a carbonado of beef with a spicy marinade.
- Carbonado diamonds are valued in industry for their hardness and durability.
- They carbonadoed the fish over an open flame until it was perfectly charred.
- The restaurant's signature dish was a carbonado of swordfish.
- Industrial tools often use carbonado for cutting and polishing applications.