carbon: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of carbon
noun
- uncountable
The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
Example: All life as we know it has carbon as the backbone of many of its molecules; carbon’s tetravalence gives it special importance in biochemical molecular bonds.
- countable
An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
Example: A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.
- countable, informal
A sheet of carbon paper.
- countable, informal
A carbon copy.
Example: Please provide me with a carbon of your form.
Listed forms: carbons, carbone.
Source: Wiktionary — carbon.
verb
- Internet, transitive, uncommon
To send a carbon copy of an email message to.
Example: When I send it, I’ll carbon Julia so she’s aware.
Listed forms: carbons, carboning, carboned, carbone.
Source: Wiktionary — carbon.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for carbon.
noun
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
- C
- atomic number 6
noun
a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
- carbon paper
noun
a copy made with carbon paper
- carbon copy
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of carbon
C(3) + A(1) + R(1) + B(3) + O(1) + N(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of carbon
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from carbon
50 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in carbon. Showing up to 24, longest first.