Carbonados

/ˌkɑːrbəˈneɪdoʊz/ noun

Plural of carbonado: either grilled meat dishes with parallel cuts, or extremely tough, dark industrial diamonds used for drilling and cutting tools.

Spanish plural of carbonado, from carbón (coal/charcoal). In English, adopted for both culinary and industrial contexts, showing semantic drift from cooking to materials science.

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