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CARBOHYDRATE LOADING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carbohydrate loading mean?
• CARBOHYDRATE LOADING (noun)
The noun CARBOHYDRATE LOADING has 1 sense:
1. a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles
Familiarity information: CARBOHYDRATE LOADING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
carbo loading; carbohydrate loading
Context example:
carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing
Hypernyms ("carbohydrate loading" is a kind of...):
diet (a prescribed selection of foods)
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