carbonara

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A 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.”

2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A spaghetti dish made using such a sauce.
3. (broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)A 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).

name

1. A surname from Italian.