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Definitions for Charcoal

[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.
[4] to blacken, write, or draw with charcoal.
[5] to cook (food) over charcoal, especially on a grill.
[6] to cook food over charcoal, especially on a grill.
[7] 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
[8] a stick or pencil of this for drawing
[9] a drawing done in charcoal
[10] short for charcoal grey
[11] (tr) to write, draw, or blacken with charcoal

Words related to Charcoal

soot, graphite, grill, broil, sear, jet, slate, onyx, coal, sable, pitch, brunet, ebony, clouded, sloe, obsidian, raven, jetty, powder, dust

Words nearby Charcoal

charango, charas, charcas, charchemish, charco, charcoal, charcoal burner, charcoal grey, charcoal rot, charcoal-burner, charcot

Origin of Charcoal

1300–50; Middle English charcole, perhaps cherre char3 + cole coal, though literal sense of the compound is unclear

Other words from Charcoal

char·coal·y , adjective

Word origin for Charcoal

C14: from char (origin obscure) + coal

Synonyms for Charcoal

brunet, clouded, coal, ebony, jet, obsidian, onyx, pitch, raven, sable, slate, sloe, atramentous, dingy, dusky, ebon, inklike, livid, melanoid, murky, piceous, pitch-dark, shadowy, somber, sombre, sooty, starless, stygian, swart, swarthy