carbonado
1 of 3noun (1)
car·bo·na·do ˌkär-bə-ˈnā-(ˌ)dō 
-ˈnä-
-ˈnä- plural carbonados or carbonadoes
archaic
: a piece of meat scored before grilling
carbonado
2 of 3verb
carbonadoed; carbonadoing; carbonados
transitive verb
1
archaic : to make a carbonado of
2
archaic : cut, slash
carbonado
3 of 3noun (2)
plural carbonados
: an impure opaque dark-colored fine-grained aggregate of diamond particles valuable for its superior toughness
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Spanish carbonada
Noun (2)
Portuguese, literally, carbonated
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1575, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1596, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Noun (2)
1853, in the meaning defined above