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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

Singular charcoal

Plural charcoals

charcoal (plural charcoals)

  1. Impure carbon obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of oxygen.
  2. 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.
  3. A drawing made with charcoal.
  4. (color/colour) A very dark gray colour.
    charcoal colour:

Adjective

charcoal

  1. (color/colour) of a dark gray colour.

Translations

colour
  • Dutch: antraciet
  • Esperanto: lignokarba

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