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charcoal
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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.

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

charcoal
Noun
1. a black form of carbon made by partially burning wood or other organic matter
2. a stick of this used for drawing
3. a drawing done in charcoal
Adjective
Also: (charcoal-grey) very dark grey [origin unknown]

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.charcoalcharcoal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
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
writing implement - an implement that is used to write
3.charcoal - a very dark grey color
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"
Verb1.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
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
Translations
charcoal [ˈtʃɑːkəul] ncarbón m vegetal;
(ART) → carboncillo

charcoal [ˈtʃɑːkəul] ncharbon m de bois;
(Art) → charbon

charcoal [ˈtʃɑːkəul] nHolzkohle f;
(for drawing) → Kohle f, Kohlestift m

charcoal [ˈtʃɑːkəul] ncarbone m di legna

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 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


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If that gesture--/hands head-high and still under/the veil, ready to throw back//the black-on-white charcoaled folds--/were not so like our nightmares/of the sheeted dead, rising.
I could still smell charcoaled meat, and on the street I could see no women, not one.
And from a charcoaled, stub-like state the wiregrass will begin to sprout almost immediately, sending out 2- to 3-foot flowering stalks and seeds.
 
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