Definition of charcoal Charcoal
/Κ§ΙΛΙΉkowΛl/ - [charkowl] - charβ’coal
We found 21 definitions of charcoal from 8 different sources.
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What does charcoal mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: charcoals |
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| charcoal - a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | ||
| fusain | ||
| writing implement an implement that is used to write | ||
| charcoal - a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material | ||
| drawing act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well" | ||
| charcoal - a very dark grey color | ||
| charcoal grey, charcoal gray, oxford grey, oxford gray | ||
| grayness, greyness, grey, gray horse of a light gray or whitish color | ||
| charcoal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air | ||
| wood coal | ||
| fuel a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" | ||
Verb |
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| charcoal - draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | ||
| describe, delineate, line, trace, draw give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" | ||
| draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus" | ||
| artistic creation, artistic production, art the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" | ||
Adjectivecharcoal, charcoaler, charcoalest |
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| charcoal - of a very dark grey | ||
| charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray | ||
| achromatic, neutral having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- charcoal (Noun)
Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen. - charcoal (Noun)
A stick of black carbon material used for drawing. - charcoal (Noun)
A drawing made with charcoal. - charcoal (Noun)
A very dark gray colour. - charcoal (Verb)
To draw with charcoal. - charcoal (Verb)
To cook over charcoal. - charcoal (Adjective)
Of a dark gray colour. - charcoal (Adjective)
Made of charcoal.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- charcoal (v. t.)
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. - charcoal (v. t.)
Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ξ©
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charcoal
A porous solid product containing 85-98% carbon and produced by heating carbonaceous materials such as cellulose, wood or peat at 500-600 CΒ° in the absence of air.\n(Source: MGH)
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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charcoal
chΓ€rβ²kΕl, n. charred wood or coal made by charring wood; the carbonaceous residue of vegetable, animal, or mineral substances when they have undergone smothered combustion. [The first element of the word is of doubtful origin.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer π₯
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charcoal
One of the ingredients of gunpowder. It is made by distilling small sticks of wood in closed retorts. Willow, alder, poplar, and dogwood are some of the woods used. In distilling the heat should be kept below redness. Charcoal should be light in weight, and have a velvety fracture. It inflames at about 460Β° Fahr. Its composition and properties vary with the nature of the wood and mode of distillation employed.Charcoal obtained from light wood is the best for gunpowder, as it is more combustible and easy to pulverize, and contains less earthy matters. Willow and poplar are used for this purpose in the United States and black elder in Europe. The wood must be sound and should not be more than 3 or 4 years old, and about 1 inch in diameter; branches larger than this should be split up. It is cut in the spring when the sap runs freely, and is immediately stripped of its bark. The smaller branches are used for fine sporting powder.The operation of charring may be performed in pits, but the method now almost universally used in making charcoal for gunpowder is that of distillation. For this purpose the wood is placed in an iron vessel, generally of a cylindrical form, to which a cover is luted; an opening with a pipe is made to conduct off the gaseous products, and the wood is thus exposed to the heat of a furnace. The progress of distillation is judged of by the color of the flame and smoke, and sometimes by test-sticks, which are introduced through tubes prepared for the purpose.Properties.--The charcoal thus obtained should retain a certain degree of elasticity, and should have a brown color, the wood not being entirely decomposed. As it readily absorbs one-twentieth of its weight of moisture, which diminishes its inflammability, it should be made only in proportion as it is required for use. Wood generally contains 52 per cent. of carbon, but distillation furnishes not more than 30 to 40 per cent. of charcoal.As it is desirable to have charcoal for gunpowder very combustible, it must be prepared at a low temperature, and must be light.Accidents.--When recently prepared charcoal is pulverized and laid in heaps, it is liable to absorb oxygen with such rapidity as to cause spontaneous combustion. This has been the cause of serious accidents at powder-mills, and hence it is important not to pulverize charcoal until it has been exposed to the air for several days. When charcoal has not absorbed moisture, and is mixed with oxidizing substances, it may be inflamed by violent shocks or by friction. This is the principal cause of the accidents which occur in the preparation of explosive mixtures which contain charcoal. See GUNPOWDER.
Wikipedia 
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Charcoal is a carbon-containing substance made from wood, naturally black and powdery. Charcoal is made from wood by heating it in airless space in high temperature. The wood will not burn, but instead turn into charcoal. The by-product of making charcoal is tar and turpentine.
People use it for different things such as cooking on a barbecue grill, and in painting.
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