Usually means: Absorbs more carbon than emits.
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  1. carbon sink: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. carbon sink: Collins English Dictionary
  3. carbon sink: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. carbon sink: Wiktionary
  5. carbon sink: Dictionary.com
  6. Carbon sink: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. carbon sink: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. carbon sink: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  9. carbon sink: Merriam-Webster

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  1. carbon sink: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (carbon sink)

noun:  A natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period.

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