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English
Etymology
From Middle English charcole, from charren (“‘to turn’”) (from Old English cerran) or Old French charbon + cole.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular charcoal |
Plural charcoals |
charcoal (plural charcoals)
- Impure carbon obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of oxygen.
- A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
- 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, page 166:
- He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
- 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, page 166:
- A drawing made with charcoal.
- (color/colour) A very dark gray colour.
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charcoal colour:
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Adjective
charcoal
- (color/colour) of a dark gray colour.
Translations
colour
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Derived terms
- activated charcoal
- charcoal burner
- charcoal drawing
- charcoal grey
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