carbohydrate
A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plantA sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
» Do you know anything about complex carbohydrates?
Weißt du irgendwas über komplexe Kohlenhydrate?
Ты знаешь что-нибудь о сложных углеводах?
Meaning
2 sensesA sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).
Kohlenhydrat
углево́дuglevód, карбогидра́тkarbogidrát
вуглево́дvuhlevód
(broadly, colloquial, metonymically)Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.
- an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
Examples
25 sentencesDo you know anything about complex carbohydrates?
ruТы знаешь что-нибудь о сложных углеводах?
deWeißt du irgendwas über komplexe Kohlenhydrate?
The percentage of carbohydrates in animal cells is approximately 6 percent.
What are carbohydrates?
Only manual laborers need a high carbohydrate diet.
Лише працівники, зайняті фізичною працею, потребують високовуглеводної дієти.
It is important to eat carbohydrates.
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Forms
plural: carbohydrates| Singular | carbohydrate |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain:saccharidesugar