carb

Clipping.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑɹb/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɑːb/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)b

carb (plural carbs)

2. (informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of carbohydrate

   I'm cutting down on carbs to try and lose weight.

   I'm looking into low-carb and no-carb options as part of my healthy eating plan.

   • 2017 January 16, Imogen Blake, “'Stop the world, I want to get off': Shoppers ridicule Waitrose and Sainsbury's for bizarre new health foods like butternut squash waffles and riceless risottos”, in Daily Mail:

     But others say the new 'squaffles' and 'mushottos' are one step too far, and called for an end to the veggie carb trend.

   • 2017 May 17, Joshua Barrie, “Have you tried 'carb-free' cloud bread? Here's what it is and how to make it”, in Belfast Live‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 May 2024:

     Supporters also claim that cloud bread is, essentially, a 'bread' without carbs. And it's gluten-free, so no wonder it's a big hit on social media, the birthplace of the paleo diet.

4. (informal) Clipping of carburetor or carburettor.

   Synonym: (chiefly Commonwealth) carby

   This is what controls the flow of fuel into the carb.

   This engine came with dual four-barrel carbs straight from the factory. (The 1960s were a different time indeed.)

6. (drugs) The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.

   She lifted her thumb off the carb and breathed in the thick smoke.

• carb-

• BRCA, CRBA, crab, BCAR, BRAC, cbar, RBAC

An extension of *car +‎ -b, present in the formation of the related words, such as carac, acar, crak, carangth, and ther. Inside the c:th transformation, the counterparties would be tharb (“to sour”), and tharm (“year, sourdough, ferment”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [t͡saɾb]

carb (aorist carba, participle carbur)

1. to rip, to tear apart^[2]

   me u carbë ― to become ragged

• carbë (“scrap, rag”)