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coke
/koʊk/
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What does coke mean?
noun
- Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
verb
- To produce coke from coal.
- To turn into coke.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.
noun
- (informal, slang) Cocaine.
- (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
- (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
- (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).
- (informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
- (informal) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola or a cola-based soft drink.
- (informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.
proper noun
- A surname
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IPA pronunciation
/koʊk/
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See this word in context.
Dud Dudley's invention of smelting iron with coke made of pit-coal was, like many others, born before its time.
These declarations of Coke, that the charter was confirmed by thirty-two "acts of parliament," have a mischievous bearing in another respect.
More book examples (3)
The top of the circular wall exhibits those curious ramifications which we find in coke.
With this evidence Coke was very strangely content--or, at least, content as far as Loubel was concerned, for this witness was not summoned again.
The fire of the engine, which burned coke, was skilfully protected, and the fuel and water required were taken into calculation as so much ballast to be gradually expended.