carbohydrate
nounHow many syllables in carbohydrate?
There are 4 syllables in the word carbohydrate.How to pronounce carbohydrate:
Definition of carbohydrate:
- carbohydrate (noun):
- any of various neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (such as sugars, starches, and celluloses) most of which are formed by green plants and which constitute a major class of animal foods
- 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.
Synonyms for carbohydrate:
beet sugar
cane sugar
deoxyribose
jaggary
jaggery
jagghery
macromolecule
maple sugar
monosaccharide
monosaccharose
oligosaccharide
polyose
polysaccharide
ribose
saccharide
simple sugar
sugar
supermolecule
wood sugar
xylose
Antonyms for carbohydrate:
amino acid
amino acid chain
biomolecule
enzyme
essential nutrient
macromolecule
macronutrient
nutrient
polypeptide
protein
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- intransigent
- magically
- indefinite
- illegalize
- proficiently
- resistible
- jubilation
- locational
- unknowable
- untenanted
- mesmerising
- despondency
- chromatosis
- ultimatum
- troglodytic
- aromatic
- transmogrify
- corruptible
- complexify
- ctenidia
- teleprinter
- meliorate
- monumental
- generalise
- dominated
- iniquities
- proficiency
- humiliate
- Vesuvian
- intermittent
- deaccelerate
- inadvertent
- elucidate
- magnanimous
- heredity
- Xiomara
- velocity
- infrastructure
- ambidextrous
- serenity
- irrigation
- dexterously
- electrician
- prepossessing
- elocution
- existential
- spiritual
- ministration
- arbitrary
- unrequited
- … more
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