Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carbon

3 senses of carbon

Sense 1
carbon, C, atomic number 6 -- (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
       => chemical element, element -- (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

Sense 2
carbon paper, carbon -- (a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper)
       => paper -- (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Sense 3
carbon, carbon copy -- (a copy made with carbon paper)
       => copy -- (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor")