From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcarnal knowledge/relationscarnal knowledge/relations formalsexual activity → carnal
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carnal knowledge/relations• It is the threesome of snake, Eve, and Adam which, according to the Bible, makes for carnal knowledge.• The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.• But carnal knowledge sours his relationship with his clients, and paradise is lost. 