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charcoal

noun
/ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/UK/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/US

Etymology

From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”); equivalent to char (Etymology 3 (verb)) + coal.

  1. inherited from cierran — “to change, turn”
  2. inherited from charcole

Definitions

  1. impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that…

    impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.

  2. A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.

    • He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.

  3. A drawing made with charcoal.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A very dark gray colour.

    2. Of a dark gray colour.

      • Two vultures […] stood silent side by side like smoking coworkers on break, one charcoal eye staring back at me indifferently.

    3. Made of charcoal.

    4. To draw with charcoal.

    5. To cook over charcoal.

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Derived

charcoalify, charcoalization, charcoalize, charcoal rot, charcoaly, macrocharcoal, microcharcoal, activated charcoal, animal charcoal, charcoal burner, charcoal grey, charcoal iron

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA