First Known Use: 14th century
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1charcoal
noun char·coal \ˈchär-ˌkōl\
: a hard black material that is made by burning wood with a small amount of air
: a dark gray color
Full Definition of CHARCOAL
1
: a dark or black porous carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances (as from wood by charring in a kiln from which air is excluded)
2
a : a piece or pencil of fine charcoal used in drawing b : a charcoal drawing
3
: a dark gray
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Origin of CHARCOAL
Middle English charcole
Rhymes with CHARCOAL
airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, chuckhole, condole, console, control, creole, Creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole
2charcoal
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CHARCOAL Defined for Kids
charcoal
noun char·coal \ˈchär-ˌkōl\
Definition of CHARCOAL for Kids
: a black or dark absorbent fuel made by heating wood in the absence of air
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charcoal
noun char·coal \ˈchär-ˌkōl\
Medical Definition of CHARCOAL
: a dark or black porous carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances (as from wood by charring in a kiln from which air is excluded)—see activated charcoal
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