What is "carbonado"

Carbonade \Car"bo*nade\, Carbonado \Car`bo*na"do\, n. [Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.] (Cookery) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [Obs.]

Carbonado \Car`bo*na"do\, Carbonade \Car"bo*nade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carbonadoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonadoing.]

1. To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [Obs.]

   A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed.
   --Bean. & Fl.

2. To cut or hack, as in fighting. [Obs.]

   I'll so carbonado your shanks.
   --Shak.

Carbonado \Car`bo*na"do\, n.; pl. Carbonadoes. [Pg., carbonated.] (Min.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.

Etymology 1 n. meat or fish that has been scored and broiled. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cut and cook something in this manner. 2 (context obsolete transitive English) To cut or hack, as in combat. Etymology 2

n. A black diamond used in drilling.

1. n. an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing [syn: black diamond]

2. a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled

3. [also: carbonadoes (pl)]

Carbonado, commonly known as the "black diamond", is the toughest form of natural diamond. It is an impure form of polycrystalline diamond consisting of diamond, graphite, and amorphous carbon. It is found primarily in alluvial deposits in the Central African Republic and in Brazil. Its natural colour is black or dark grey, and it is more porous than other diamonds.

Carbonado is an open source relational database mapping framework, written in Java. Rather than following a typical O/R mapping approach, the relational model is preserved, while still being object-oriented. Not being tied to specific features of SQL or JDBC, Carbonado also supports non-SQL database products such as Berkeley DB. In doing so, relational features such as queries and indexes are supported, without the overhead of SQL.

Carbonado may refer to:

• Carbonado, a natural polycrystalline diamond
• Carbonado, Washington, a town in Washington state
• Carbonado (Java), a relational database mapping framework
• Carbonado (China), an operation planned in the spring of 1945 in World War II for launch on September 1 to secure the port of Canton