HOW TO PRONOUNCE
charcoal
/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/
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What does charcoal mean?
noun
- impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
- A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
- A drawing made with charcoal.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A very dark gray colour.
adjective
- Of a dark gray colour.
- Made of charcoal.
verb
- To draw with charcoal.
- To cook over charcoal.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/
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Well, as it turned out, this charcoal burner was just the twin of the Southern “poor white” of the far future.
We blackened our faces with charcoal, so that every boy in the village would know that I was fasting for the day.
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Women held their scaldinoes, little pots of hot charcoal, closer under their shawls, and even the dogs had a sad, half-frozen look.
The smelting is performed by mixing the ore with charcoal in a clay crucible, which is embedded in a pile of charcoal.
In fact, they are digging up now charcoal in the graves of ancient Egyptians, who departed this life five thousand years ago.