adj. Being or served with a sauce of eggs, minced bacon or ham, grated cheese, and seasonings: spaghetti carbonara. n. Carbonara sauce. [Italian (alla) carbonara, (from) a charcoal grill, from carbone, charcoal, from Latin carbō, carbōn-; see CARBON.] |
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