Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable, usually)Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.

    a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

  2. (countable, usually)A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.

    Kohle

    у́гольúgolʹ

    вугли́наvuhlýna

    a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

  3. (countable, usually)A drawing made with charcoal.

    рису́нок углёмrisúnok ugljóm

    a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material

  4. (uncountable, usually)A very dark gray colour.

    угольныйugolʹnyj

    a very dark grey color

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Did you remember to buy charcoal?

    deHast du daran gedacht, Holzkohle zu kaufen?

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  2. Tom works for a company that sells charcoal.

    ruТом работает на компанию, производящую древесный уголь.

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  3. We used that whole bag of charcoal for our barbecue party.

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  4. Lumberjacks who make charcoal live there.

    deDort wohnen Holzfäller, die Holzkohle herstellen.

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  5. Wood and charcoal are good fuels.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
substance:
stick used for drawing:
Русский
By meaning 3
substance:
charcoal drawing:
colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
substance:
stick used for drawing:

Origin

From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old E

From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”). By surface analysis, char (Etymology 3 [verb]) + coal.

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Forms

plural: charcoals
Singularcharcoal
Pluralcharcoals

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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