'Charcoal' definitions:

Definition of 'charcoal'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a very dark grey [syn: charcoal, charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray]
noun
A carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air [syn: charcoal, wood coal]
noun
A stick of black carbon material used for drawing [syn: charcoal, fusain]
noun
A very dark grey color [syn: charcoal, charcoal grey, charcoal gray, oxford grey, oxford gray]
noun
A drawing made with a stick of black carbon material
verb
Draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

Definition of 'Charcoal'

From: GCIDE
  • Charcoal \Char"coal`\, n. [See Char, v. t., to burn or to reduce to coal, and Coal.]
  • 1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement. [1913 Webster]
  • Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant.
  • Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances.
  • Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with it.
  • Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use in an electric light apparatus.
  • Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal. [1913 Webster] charcoal-gray

Synonyms of 'charcoal'

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