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charcoal

Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/

The English word “charcoal” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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.
  3. A drawing made with charcoal.
  4. A very dark gray colour.

adjective

  1. Of a dark gray colour.
  2. Made of charcoal.

verb

  1. To draw with charcoal.
  2. To cook over charcoal.

Etymology

From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”). By surface analysis, char (Etymology 3 [verb]) + coal.

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