Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of a dark gray colour.

    Holzkohle

    древесный угольdrevesnyj ugolʹ

    деревне вугілляderevne vuhillja

    of a very dark grey

  2. Made of charcoal.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Did you remember to buy charcoal?

    deHast du daran gedacht, Holzkohle zu kaufen? — Waldelfe

  2. Tom works for a company that sells charcoal.

    ruТом работает на компанию, производящую древесный уголь. — al42and

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

  4. Lumberjacks who make charcoal live there.

    deDort wohnen Holzfäller, die Holzkohle herstellen. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. Wood and charcoal are good fuels.

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Translations

4 languages
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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

more charcoal, most charcoal
Comparativemore charcoal Lesson
Superlativemost charcoal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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