charcoal
/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.58 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Made of charcoal.
verb
To draw with charcoal.
verb
To cook over charcoal.
Example Sentences
- "The grate was laid with charcoal, to that she put a light, and then, as if she had forgotten something, hurried to the library, and carefully locked the door. First returning to see that the fire had kindled, she then went to the window, which, with the first gleam of moonlight, she cautiously unclosed, and stepped into the shrubbery."
- "But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal."
- "He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it."
- "Two vultures […] stood silent side by side like smoking coworkers on break, one charcoal eye staring back at me indifferently."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: charcole, cierran
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/
- British English: /ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
charcoals (plural)
more charcoal (comparative)
most charcoal (superlative)
charcoals (present, singular)
charcoaling (participle, present)
charcoaled (participle, past)
charcoaled (past)