Charcoal Definition
chärkōl
charcoals
noun
charcoals
A porous, amorphous form of carbon produced by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter and used for decolorizing sugar and food, in filters, as a gas absorbent, fuel, etc.
Webster's New World
A pencil made of this substance.
Webster's New World
A drawing made with such a pencil.
Webster's New World
A very dark gray or brown, almost black.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- blacking
- wood coal
- fusain
- oxford gray
- charcoal-grey
- oxford-grey
- charcoal-gray
verb
charcoals
To write or draw with charcoal.
Webster's New World
To charbroil.
American Heritage
To charbroil.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of a dark gray colour.
Wiktionary
Made of charcoal.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- charcoal-gray
- charcoal-grey
Other Word Forms of Charcoal
Noun
Singular:
charcoal
Plural:
charcoalsOrigin of Charcoal
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From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”), equivalent to char + coal. More at ajar, coal.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English charcol char (perhaps from Old French charbon) (from Latin carbō carbon) col charcoal, coal coal
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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