Definition of carbon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carbon

noun

/ˈkɑːbən/

/ˈkɑːrbən/

[uncountable]
(symbol C)
a chemical element. Carbon is found in all living things, existing in a pure state as diamond and graphite.
- carbon fibre
- iron with a high carbon content
Topics Physics and chemistryb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- pure
- organic
- radioactive
- …
carbon + noun
- content
- atom
- isotope
- …
phrases
- a form of carbon
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[uncountable] used when referring to the gas carbon dioxide in terms of the effect it has on the earth’s climate in causing global warming
- carbon emissions/levels/taxes
see also low-carbon, zero-carbonTopics The environmentb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- pure
- organic
- radioactive
- …
carbon + noun
- content
- atom
- isotope
- …
phrases
- a form of carbon
See full entry
[countable]
(also carbon copy)
a copy of a document, letter, etc. made with carbon paper
[countable]
(also carbon copy)
a person or thing that is very similar to somebody/something else
[countable] a piece of carbon paper

Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French carbone, from Latin carbo, carbon- ‘coal, charcoal’.

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