charcoal
charcoal
Definition
char·coal (c̸här′kōl′)
noun
- a porous, amorphous form of carbon produced by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter and used for decolorizing sugar and food, in filters, as a gas absorbent, fuel, etc.
- a pencil made of this substance
- a drawing made with such a pencil
- a very dark gray or brown, almost black
Etymology: ME char cole; prob. < charren, to turn (see chare) + cole, coal (hence, lit., wood turned to coal)
transitive verb
- to write or draw with charcoal
- to charbroil
charcoal
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- activate: Blood was passed through activated charcoal to remove the drugs.
- burn: Charcoal burnt in a close room makes the air quite foul.
- comprise: Charcoal comprised a large proportion of the residue and CBM, slag and hammerscale were occasional.
- contain: High quality vodkas are also filtered through tanks containing charcoal.
- produce: For more than 120 years the site processed imported English iron ore using locally produced charcoal, finally closing down in 1876.
Adjective modifier
- activated: Treatment guidelines Activated charcoal ( 50g ) by mouth or nasogastric tube is indicated if the patient presents within 3-4 hours of ingestion.
- glowing: The fire is at the bottom and consists of a deep mass of glowing charcoal resting on a soft bed of ash or sand.
- occasional: Within the residue bone ( sometimes burnt ) and CBM were occasional, charcoal and pottery more rare.
- frequent: The residue contained frequent charcoal, occasional bone and some hammerscale, slag, and rare amounts of pottery.
- hot: A semi-fermented tea of fine quality, traditionally hand rolled and fired in baskets over pits containing red hot charcoal.
Modifies a noun
- fleck: The upper was sandy and virtually stone free, with few charcoal flecks.
- brazier: The building has curious octagonal chimneys; perhaps guests were allowed to have small charcoal braziers in their rooms.
- burner: The charcoal burner lived on site to make sure the pile didn't go down.
- grill: Charcoal grills should never be operated in the home.
- barbecue: Charcoal barbecues must only be used off the boat.
- dressing: However, it is important to identify whether the cheapest charcoal dressing equals the benefits of the more expensive types.
Noun used with modifier
- oak: Detailed assessment identified oak charcoal along with traces if charred cereal grains which included oat, barley and wheat along with fused plant ash.
- burning: Burning charcoal is placed on top of the foil.
- residue: Within the residue charcoal was common while bone ( including fish ) and hammerscale were occasional.
- wood: Figure 4. Calibrated radiocarbon chronology obtained from wood charcoal recovered in two different shafts.
charcoal Quotes
According to Pliny, painting was brought to Egypt by Gyges of Lydia; for he says that Gyges once saw his own shadow cast by the light of a fire and instantly drew his own outline on the wall with a piece of charcoal.
Virtue's no more in womankind But the green sickness of the mind. Philosophy, their new delight, A kind of charcoal appetite.
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