/ Dictionary / Index C Carbondale: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Car•bon•dale Pronunciation: (kär'bun-dāl"), [key] — n. a city in SW Illinois. 27,194. a city in NE Pennsylvania, near Scranton: coal-mining center. 11,255. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: carbondale (Thesaurus) carbon cycle carbon-date Related Content Daily Word Quiz: lunar Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language