Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [chahr-kohl]
- /ˈtʃɑrˌkoʊl/
- /ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [chahr-kohl]
- /ˈtʃɑrˌkoʊl/
Definitions of charcoal word
- uncountable noun charcoal Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with. 3
- noun charcoal a black amorphous form of carbon made by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air: used as a fuel, in smelting metal ores, in explosives, and as an absorbent 3
- noun charcoal a stick or pencil of this for drawing 3
- noun charcoal a drawing done in charcoal 3
- verb charcoal to write, draw, or blacken with charcoal 3
- noun charcoal a porous, amorphous form of carbon produced by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter and used for decolorizing sugar and food, in filters, as a gas absorbent, fuel, etc. 3
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Origin of charcoal
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English charcole, perhaps cherre char3 + cole coal, though literal sense of the compound is unclear
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Charcoal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
charcoal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for charcoal
noun charcoal
- dust — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- powder — British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
- remains — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- ruins — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- slag — British Slang. an abusive woman.
verb charcoal
- grill — a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
- sear — to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
- fry — to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
- rotisserie — a small broiler with a motor-driven spit, for barbecuing fowl, beef, etc.
adj charcoal
- jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
- slate — a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- onyx — Mineralogy. a variety of chalcedony having straight parallel bands of alternating colors. Compare Mexican onyx.
- coal — Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
- sable — an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
adjective charcoal
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
- black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
Antonyms for charcoal
verb charcoal
- freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
adj charcoal
- white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- hopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- optimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
noun charcoal
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
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