English Explanatory Dictionary

charcoal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
  2. A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
  3. A drawing made with charcoal.
  4. A very dark gray colour.
adj
  1. Of a dark gray colour.
  2. Made of charcoal.
verb
  1. To draw with charcoal.
  2. To cook over charcoal.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/ /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/ en-us-charcoal.ogg

Word forms

charcoal charcoals more charcoal most charcoal charcoaling charcoaled

Etymology

From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”); equivalent to char (Etymology 3 (verb)) + coal.

Related words

carbonara Carbonari charbroil vitrain briquette brown coal carbo vegetabilis coal coal pot collier fusain kangri wood coal

Derived words

charcoalify charcoalization charcoalize charcoal rot charcoaly macrocharcoal microcharcoal activated charcoal animal charcoal charcoal burner charcoal grey charcoal iron

Translations

Afrikaans: houtskool Dupaningan Agta: uging Aguaruna: kayušik Ahtna: tʼaes Albanian: qymyr Arabic: فَحْم الْخَشَب Armenian: փայտածուխ Assamese: এঙাৰ Asturian: carbón vexetal Avar: цӏцӏулал тӏуччи Avestan: 𐬯𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 Azerbaijani: odun kömürü Bashkir: ағас күмере Basque: ikatz Belarusian: дрэ́ўны ву́галь Belarusian: ву́галь Central Bikol: uring Breton: glaou koad Bulgarian: дъ́рвен въ́глен Bulgarian: въ́глен Bulgarian: дъ́рвени въ́глища Burmese: မီးသွေး Catalan: carbó vegetal Chinese Cantonese: 木炭 Chinese Mandarin: 木炭 Chinese Mandarin: 木炭畫 /木炭画 Chinese Mandarin: 炭畫 /炭画 Cornish: glowbrenn Czech: dřevěné uhlí Czech: kresba uhlem Danish: trækul Danish: kul Danish: kultegning Dutch: houtskool Elfdalian: träkuol Esperanto: lignokarbo Estonian: puusüsi Faroese: trækol Faroese: viðarkol Finnish: puuhiili Finnish: sysi Finnish: hiilipiirros French: charbon de bois French: fusain West-Frisian: houtskoal Friulian: cjarbon Friulian: cjarvon Friulian: čharvon Galician: carbón Galician: carbonciño Georgian: ხის ნახშირი German: Holzkohle Bavarian German: hoizkuin Central Franconian: holzkoll Swabian: holzkohle
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