coked

Variant of coke

coke definition

coke (kōk)

noun

  1. coal from which most of the gases have been removed by heating: it burns with intense heat and little smoke, and is used as an industrial fuel
  2. a solid residue left after the distillation of petroleum or other liquid hydrocarbons

Etymology: < ME colke, core, charcoal (the unconsumed “core” of burned wood) < IE *gel-ĝ-, rounded < base *gel-: see claw

transitive verb, intransitive verb coked, coking cok′·ing

to change into coke

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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