charcoal
noun /ˈtʃɑːkəʊl/
/ˈtʃɑːrkəʊl/
[uncountable]- a black substance made by burning wood slowly in an oven with little air. Charcoal is used as a fuel or for drawing.
- charcoal-grilled steaks
- a charcoal drawing
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of charcoal- lump
- piece
- make
- produce
- burn
- …
- pencil
- stick
- drawing
- …
- (also charcoal grey)a very dark grey colourMore Like This Colour compoundsColour compounds
- baby blue
- china-blue
- cobalt blue
- electric blue
- ice-blue
- midnight blue
- navy blue
- peacock blue
- petrol blue
- powder blue
- royal blue
- sky-blue
- blood-red
- cherry red
- pillar-box red
- wine red
- bottle-green
- emerald green
- jade green
- lime green
- olive-green
- pea-green
- sea-green
- lemon yellow
- primrose yellow
- lily-white
- snow-white
- coal-black
- jet black
- pitch-black
- charcoal grey
- iron-grey
- slate-grey
- rose pink
- salmon pink
- shocking pink
- nut-brown
Word Originlate Middle English: probably related to coal in the early sense ‘charcoal’.