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char⋅coal

  [chahr-kohl]
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–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)
4. to blacken, write, or draw with charcoal.
5. to cook (food) over charcoal, esp. on a grill.
–verb (used without object)
6. to cook food over charcoal, esp. on a grill.
Origin:
1300–50; ME charcole, perh. cherre char 3 + cole coal, though literal sense of the compound is unclear

Related forms:
charcoaly, adjective
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char·coal   (chär'kōl')   
n.  

  1. A black, porous, carbonaceous material, 85 to 98 percent carbon, produced by the destructive distillation of wood and used as a fuel, filter, and absorbent.

    1. A drawing pencil or crayon made from this material.

    2. A drawing executed with such a pencil or crayon.

  3. A dark grayish brown to black or dark purplish gray.

tr.v.   char·coaled, char·coal·ing, char·coals

  1. To draw, write, or blacken with a black, carbonaceous material.

  2. To charbroil.


[Middle English charcol : char (perhaps from Old French charbon, from Latin carbō; see carbon) + col, charcoal, coal; see coal.]
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Word Origin & History

charcoal 
1340, first element is either O.Fr. charbon "charcoal," or, on the current theory, obs. charren "to turn" (from O.E. cerran) + cole "coal," thus, "to turn to coal."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: char·coal
Pronunciation: 'chär-"kOl
Function: noun
: a dark or black porous carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances (asfrom wood by charring in a kiln from which air is excluded) —see ACTIVATED CHARCOAL
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Medical Dictionary

charcoal char·coal (chär'kōl')
n.

  1. Carbon obtained by heating or burning organic material with restricted access of air.

  2. Activated charcoal.

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Science Dictionary
charcoal   (chär'kōl')  Pronunciation Key 
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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