Get to know Carbuncle better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like garnet. In Dutch this translates to karbonkel.
Carbuncle meaning
- A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
- A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
- An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
Synonyms of Carbuncle
Carbuncle vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Carbuncle
- The main meaning on this page is: A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon. | A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle. | An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
- Useful related words include: garnet, staphylococcal infection.
- Possible Dutch translations are: karbonkel.
- In the example corpus, carbuncle often appears in combinations such as: carbuncle on.
Context around Carbuncle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carbuncle
- In this selection, "carbuncle" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, own, induced and covered stand out and add context to how "carbuncle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include become a carbuncle on the and gourds and carbuncle covered squash. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carbuncle" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carbuncle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In it is sort of the same in that you can have the summoner job with your own carbuncle. (19 words)
Another objector said the ‘new modern dwelling will spoil the natural beauty of this landscape and become a carbuncle on the bluff’. (22 words)
Warty pumpkins, ugly gourds and carbuncle-covered squash are all the rage as perfectly round, sunset-colored orbs no longer cut it as Halloween decorations. (25 words)
Berg died in Vienna, on Christmas Eve 1935, from blood poisoning apparently caused by an insect-sting-induced carbuncle on his back that occurred in November. citation He was 50 years old. (32 words)
Warty pumpkins, ugly gourds and carbuncle-covered squash are all the rage as perfectly round, sunset-colored orbs no longer cut it as Halloween decorations. (25 words)
Another objector said the ‘new modern dwelling will spoil the natural beauty of this landscape and become a carbuncle on the bluff’. (22 words)
Example sentences (4)
Another objector said the ‘new modern dwelling will spoil the natural beauty of this landscape and become a carbuncle on the bluff’.
In it is sort of the same in that you can have the summoner job with your own carbuncle.
Warty pumpkins, ugly gourds and carbuncle-covered squash are all the rage as perfectly round, sunset-colored orbs no longer cut it as Halloween decorations.
Berg died in Vienna, on Christmas Eve 1935, from blood poisoning apparently caused by an insect-sting-induced carbuncle on his back that occurred in November. citation He was 50 years old.
Common combinations with carbuncle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- carbuncle on 2×