charcoal

CEFRC1

/ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A black material made by burning wood without much air.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A drawing made with charcoal.

Examples

  • Coal, charcoal, coal coke and petroleum coke are used as fuels.

  • The artist's drawing was drawn with charcoal.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.

  2. impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.

  3. A very dark gray colour.

More examples

In context

  • Two vultures […] stood silent side by side like smoking coworkers on break, one charcoal eye staring back at me indifferently.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”). By surface analysis, char (Etymology 3 [verb]) + coal.