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char·coal  (chärkl)

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.

2.

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

b. 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.

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

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charcoal [ˈtʃɑːˌkəʊl]

n

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) 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

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a stick or pencil of this for drawing

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a drawing done in charcoal

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) short for charcoal grey

vb

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (tr) to write, draw, or blacken with charcoal

[from char (origin obscure) + coal]

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charcoal  (chärkl)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	charcoal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air wood coal atomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds fuel - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"
	2.	charcoal - a stick of black carbon material used for drawing fusain writing implement - an implement that is used to write
	3.	charcoal - a very dark grey color charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey gray, grayness, greyness, grey - a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
	4.	charcoal - a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"
Verb	1.	charcoal - draw, trace, or represent with charcoal artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
Adj.	1.	charcoal - of a very dark grey charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

Translations

charcoal [ˈtʃɑːkəʊl]

A. N → carbón m vegetal (Art) → carboncillo m

B. CPD charcoal drawing N → dibujo m al carbón or al carboncillo

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charcoal [ˈtʃɑː^rkəʊl] n → charbon m de bois
a piece of charcoal → un morceau de charbon
charcoal-grey [ˌtʃɑː^rkəʊlˈgreɪ]

adj → gris foncé inv, (gris) anthracite inv

n → gris m foncé, gris m anthracite

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charcoal

n → Holzkohle f; (= drawing) → Kohlezeichnung f; (= pencil) → Kohle (→ stift m) f

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charcoal:

charcoal-burner

n (= person) → Köhler m, → Kohlenbrenner m (rare); (= stove) → Holzkohlenofen m

charcoal drawing

n → Kohlezeichnung f

charcoal grey, (US) charcoal gray

n → Schwarzgrau nt

charcoal-grey, (US) charcoal-gray

adj → schwarzgrau

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charcoal [ˈtʃɑːkəʊl] n → carbone m di legna; (for sketching) → carboncino

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charcoal

n charcoal [ˈtʃaːkəul]

the black part of partly burned wood etc, used as fuel and for drawing. houtskool فَحْمٌ نَباتي дървени въглища dřevěné uhlí, uhel trækul die Holzkohle, der Kohlestift κάρβουνο carbón, carbón vegetal süsi زغال چوب hiili charbon de bois, fusain פָּחם लकड़ी का कोयला drveni ugljen faszén arang viðarkol; teiknikol carbone, carbonella 炭 숯 medžio anglis kokogle arang houtskool (tre)kull węgiel drzewny carvão cărbune de lemn древесный уголь drevené uhlie oglje drveni ugalj träkol ถ่าน odun kömürü 木炭 деревне вугілля; рашкуль لکڑی کا کوئلہ than củi 木炭

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charcoal → فَحْم نباتى uhlí trækul Holzkohle κάρβουνο carbón puuhiili charbon ugljen carbone 木炭 숯 houtskool trekull węgiel drzewny carvão древесный уголь träkol ถ่าน odun kömürü than củi 木炭