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[kohk] 
noun, verb, coked, cok⋅ing. Chemistry–noun
| 1. | the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals. |
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 2. | to convert into or become coke. |
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| coke 1 (kōk) n. The solid residue of impure carbon obtained from bituminous coal and other carbonaceous materials after removal of volatile material by destructive distillation. It is used as a fuel and in making steel. tr. & intr.v. coked, cok·ing, cokes To convert or be converted into coke. [Perhaps from Middle English colk, core.] |
| coke 2 (kōk) n. Cocaine. tr.v. coked, cok·ing, cokes To affect or intoxicate with cocaine. |
| Coke (kōk) A trademark used for a soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic. |
| Coke (kŏŏk, kōk) English jurist who as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1606-1616) ruled that the common law is supreme law, even when the Crown disagrees. |
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| Main Entry: | Coke |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See Coca-Cola |
Language Translation for : coke
Spanish:
coque,
German:
der Koks,
Japanese:
コークス
Coke
Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where ? smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.Coke
Coke\, v. t. To convert into coke.
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coke
1699, northern Eng. dial., perhaps a variant of M.E. colke "core, charcoal," itself possibly related to -colc, an O.E. word for "pit." The soft drink name is a shortening (first recorded 1909) of brand name Coca-Cola, trademark from 1887. As a shortened form of cocaine it dates from 1908, Amer.Eng.
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coke (kōk)
n.
Cocaine.
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| coke cocaine |
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