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# carbohydrate

noun (a carbohydrate, carbohydrates; carbs — informal)

«carbohydrate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A carbohydrate is one of the main kinds of nutrients in food, which gives your body energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#m1)
2. Carbohydrates are found in foods such as bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, cereals and fruit; sugars and starches are carbohydrates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and healthy-eating lessons carbohydrates are one food group alongside proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water; starchy carbohydrates should be a big part of meals, and sugary ones only a small part. Plants make carbohydrates (sugar and starch) by photosynthesis. In everyday life people say «carbs», and athletes eat them for energy.

### Examples

- Pasta and bread are rich in carbohydrates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x1)
- Carbohydrates give us energy to run and play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x2)
- Potatoes contain a carbohydrate called starch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x3)
- Sugar is a carbohydrate too, but too much is bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x4)
- Plants make carbohydrates using sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x5)
- A healthy plate has carbohydrates, protein, fruit and vegetables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x6)

### Note

Countable, usually plural: carbohydrates. Informal: carbs. Long word: car-bo-hy-drate. Myth: carbohydrates are not bad; whole grains are healthy. Starch and sugar are both carbohydrates.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carbohydrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carbohydrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carbohydrate.html) on Mova free.