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char·coal
 charcoal
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- pronunciation:
- char
kol
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
solid black carbon resulting from heating wood or other organic substances in a relatively airless enclosure.
The logs were reduced to charcoal. |
| definition 2: |
a piece of charcoal or a pencil containing charcoal, used as a drawing implement.
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| definition 3: |
a drawing done with charcoal or a charcoal pencil.
These charcoals are some of her best works. |
| related words: |
char |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
charcoals, charcoaling, charcoaled |
| definition 1: |
to blacken with charcoal.
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| definition 2: |
to make a drawing of in charcoal.
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| definition 3: |
to cook with charcoal, esp. on a grill.
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| related words: |
black, blacken |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to cook food with charcoal.
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