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charcoal

[ chahr-kohl ]

noun

  1. the carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic substances in the absence of air.
  2. a drawing pencil of charcoal.
  3. a drawing made with charcoal.


verb (used with object)

  1. to blacken, write, or draw with charcoal.
  2. to cook (food) over charcoal, especially on a grill.

verb (used without object)

  1. to cook food over charcoal, especially on a grill.

charcoal

/ ˈ³ÙʃɑËËŒ°ìəʊ±ô /

noun

  1. a black amorphous form of carbon made by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air: used as a fuel, in smelting metal ores, in explosives, and as an absorbent See activated carbon
  2. a stick or pencil of this for drawing
  3. a drawing done in charcoal
  4. short for charcoal grey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to write, draw, or blacken with charcoal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

charcoal

/ ³¦³óä°ù′°ìűô′ /

  1. A black porous form of carbon produced by heating wood or bone in little or no air. Charcoal is used as a fuel, for drawing, and in air and water filters.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦³ó²¹°ùc´Ç²¹±ôy adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of charcoal1

1300–50; Middle English charcole, perhaps cherre char 3 + cole coal, though literal sense of the compound is unclear
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of charcoal1

C14: from char (origin obscure) + coal
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Example Sentences

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Toss a match on a charcoal grill doused in gasoline.

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“I set up a makeshift charcoal forge in the backyard and used my mother’s hairdryer as a forge blower,†he said.

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Human remains, red deer antlers and charcoal are among the finds discovered at the site thanks to advanced radiocarbon analysis.

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Thousands of years ago, the region’s Indigenous peoples solved this problem by creating “terra preta†from table scraps and charcoal and tucking it away in the hostile soil.

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Charred trees are dead or dying, some with blackened fruit, some with charcoal limbs clawing at the sky.

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