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# carbohydrate

«carbohydrate» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the main kinds of nutrients in food, which gives…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a carbohydrate, carbohydrates; carbs — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carbohydrate is one of the main kinds of nutrients in food, which gives your body energy. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x1)
- Carbohydrates give us energy to run and play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x2)
- Potatoes contain a carbohydrate called starch. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x4)
- Plants make carbohydrates using sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/#x5)
- A healthy plate has carbohydrates, protein, fruit and vegetables. [tree →](https://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Carbohydrates, such as bread, rice and potatoes, give the body energy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/36-healthy-food/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carbohydrate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbohydrate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.