carbonara

plural carbonaras

1. countableuncountableA thick Italian pasta sauce, made with guanciale, grated cheese, beaten egg yolks and pepper.

   One of my own grand carbonaras, some crisp and spicy greens, a clean Tuscan white, a pint of raspberry sorbet, a pot of freshly ground strong coffee, and a long beguiling night on my couch in pajamas with cannabis, good TV, and no qualms about the future, please.

   1999, Roger D. Skillings, Where the Time Goes, page 10

2. broadlycountableuncountableA spaghetti dish made using such a sauce.
3. broadlycountableproscribedsometimesuncountableA spaghetti dish made using a similar sauce made from a different type of cured pork than guanciale (such as bacon, pancetta, lardons, gammon or ham).

plural Carbonaras

1. A surname from Italian.