carbohydrates

Meaning of carbohydrates

plural noun
  1. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water (2:1) and typically can be broken down to release energy in the animal body.
    water-soluble carbohydrates
    dehydrated foods high in carbohydrate
    carbohydrate metabolism

mid 19th century: from carbo- + hydrate.

Information about carbohydrates

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of carbohydrates is: carbohydrate.
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Hyphenation of carbohydrates

car-bo-hy-drates

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
  • carbohydrates is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

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