charcoal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Related terms 1.7 See also

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English charcole "charcoal" from charren (“‘to turn", from Old English cierran "to turn"’”) + cole (“‘coal", from Old English col "coal’”). More at ajar, coal.

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈtʃɑ:.kəʊl/, SAMPA: /"tSA:k@Ul/
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[edit] Noun

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:

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charcoal

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

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[edit] Derived terms

• activated charcoal
• charcoal burner
• charcoal drawing
• charcoal grey

[edit] Related terms

• carbonara
• Carbonari
• charbroil
• vitrain

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