Charcoal

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• Charcoal — Char coal , n. [See {Char}, v. t., to burn or to reduce to coal, and {Coal}.] 1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• charcoal — (n.) mid 14c., charcole, first element is either O.Fr. charbon charcoal, or, on the current theory, obsolete charren to turn (from O.E. cerran) + cole coal, thus, to turn to coal …   Etymology dictionary

• charcoal — ► NOUN 1) a porous black form of carbon obtained when wood is heated in the absence of air. 2) a dark grey colour. ORIGIN probably related to COAL(Cf. ↑coaly) in the early sense «charcoal» …   English terms dictionary

• charcoal — [chär′kōl΄] n. [ME char cole; prob. < charren, to turn (see CHARE) + cole, coal (hence, lit., wood turned to coal)] 1. a porous, amorphous form of carbon produced by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter and used for… …   English World dictionary

• Charcoal — For other uses, see Charcoal (disambiguation). Dry charcoal …   Wikipedia

• charcoal — charcoaly, adj. /chahr kohl /, n. 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. v.t. 4. to blacken, write, or draw with… …   Universalium

• charcoal — [14] The words char and charcoal are related, but not in the way commonsense might lead one to suppose: for the verb char [17], originally apparently a charcoal burner’s term, appears to derive from charcoal. So etymologically, the element char… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• charcoal — [14] The words char and charcoal are related, but not in the way commonsense might lead one to suppose: for the verb char [17], originally apparently a charcoal burner’s term, appears to derive from charcoal. So etymologically, the element char… …   Word origins

• charcoal — n. 1 a an amorphous form of carbon consisting of a porous black residue from partially burnt wood, bones, etc. b (usu. in pl.) a piece of this used for drawing. 2 a drawing in charcoal. 3 (in full charcoal grey) a dark grey colour. Phrases and… …   Useful english dictionary

• charcoal — char|coal [ˈtʃa:kəul US ˈtʃa:rkoul] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from char to turn (11 17 centuries) (from Old English cerran) + coal] 1.) [U] a black substance made of burned wood that can be used as ↑fuel ▪ cooking over a charcoal fire… …   Dictionary of contemporary English