单词 | charcoal |
释义 | char·coal (chärkōl′) n. 1. A black, porous, carbonaceous material, 85 to 98 percent carbon, produced by the destructive distillation of wood and used as a fuel, filter, and adsorbent. 2. a. A drawing pencil or crayon made from this material. b. A drawing executed with such a pencil or crayon. 3. A dark grayish brown to black or dark purplish gray. tr.v. char·coaled, char·coal·ing, char·coals 1. To draw, write, or blacken with a black, carbonaceous material. 2. To charbroil. [Middle English charcol : char (perhaps from Old French charbon, from Latin carbō; see CARBON) + col, charcoal, coal; see COAL.] |
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