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# carbon

«carbon» in Mova's school dictionary: **A chemical element found in all living things, in coal…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (carbon — uncountable; a chemical element, symbol C)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A chemical element found in all living things, in coal, in diamonds and pencil «lead» (graphite). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#m1)

2) Short for carbon dioxide or carbon emissions in talk about climate: «cut carbon», «carbon footprint». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science: carbon is in every living thing; plants take in carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air and give out oxygen; animals breathe out carbon dioxide; burning fuels like coal, oil and gas releases carbon dioxide, which traps heat and warms the Earth (climate change). Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous gas with no smell from faulty heaters — homes need carbon monoxide alarms. Phrases: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon footprint, carbon cycle, low-carbon.

### examples

- Diamonds and pencil lead are both made of carbon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x1)
- Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x2)
- We breathe out carbon dioxide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x3)
- Burning coal puts carbon dioxide into the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x4)
- Walking to school instead of driving shrinks your carbon footprint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x5)
- A carbon monoxide alarm warns you about a dangerous gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x6)
- All living things contain carbon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x7)
- The carbon cycle moves carbon between air, plants, animals and the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carbon/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. Symbol C. Two very different gases: carbon dioxide (CO₂, one carbon and two oxygen, we breathe it out) and carbon monoxide (CO, one oxygen, poisonous, from faulty boilers and cars). Pencil «lead» is graphite (carbon), not the metal lead.

### In the corpora

- [Fizzy drinks are full of carbon dioxide gas, which collects in the stomach and comes back up as a burp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/67-digestion-the-journey-of-a-sandwich/15/)
- [Leaves use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide from the air into sugar for food; this is called photosynthesis.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air/8/)
- [Most of a tree's weight comes from carbon dioxide in the air turned into wood, not from the soil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/251-plants-deeper-leaves-and-sunlight-how-a-tree-is-made-of-air/9/)
- [Old forests with big trees store huge amounts of carbon and are home to many fungi and creatures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/20/)
- [Oxygen passes into the blood through the thin walls of the air sacs, and carbon dioxide passes out to be breathed away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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