carbo

noun, plural car·bos. Informal.

1. carbohydrate.
2. a food having a high carbohydrate content.

1. a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds in which carbon is present: carbohydrate.

combining form

1. carboncarbohydrate; carbonate

before vowels carb-, comb. form meaning “Carbon,” abstracted 1810 from carbon.

pref.

1. Carbon:carbohydrate.