carbonic

1. 1.

   relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon

   Synonymscarbonaceouscarbonouscarboniferous

Questions about carbonic

What does carbonic mean?

carbonic means "relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon".

How many syllables are in carbonic?

carbonic has 3 syllables: car-bo-nic. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /kɑɹˈbɔnɪk/.

What is another word for carbonic?

Close synonyms include carbonaceous, carbonous, carboniferous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carbonic a common word?

carbonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.