charcoal
IPA: tʃˈɑrkoʊɫ
noun
- (countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
- (countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
- (countable) A drawing made with charcoal.
- A very dark gray colour.
verb
- To draw with charcoal.
- To cook over charcoal.
adjective
- Of a dark gray colour.
- Made of charcoal.
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Examples of "charcoal" in Sentences
- The charcoal represents the sinners.
- The grate holds the coals of a charcoal fire.
- In the case of charcoal, the notion is preposterous.
- However, charcoal continued to be the fuel for the finery.
- Raw lamb is skewered and grilled directly on the charcoal.
- Gastric decontamination with activated charcoal is recommended.
- E.G. Kingsford is the inventor of the modern charcoal briquette.
- In others, the catalyst is in the form of impregnated charcoal granules.
- He also contributed to the proof of the identity of diamond and charcoal.
- Due to its charcoal content the salt is stated by marketers to be detoxifying.
- Deforesting for industrial uses like fuel and charcoal destroys the vegetation.
- The foliage is exceptional as well, a very dark shade of green that looks almost charcoal from a distance.
- Ortega - who works in charcoal, silkscreen and colored etchings - has drawn a maid tidying a hotel bed, a carpenter hammering a roof.
- The oil burns intensely for several minutes before the paper wick burns up, and by that time, your charcoal is ablaze like the Cuyahoga River.
- The charcoal is then sprayed with calcium, which creates calcium carbide, then heated further under intense pressure and treated with a phosphate solution.
- A mule-powered railway was built to haul charcoal from the hinterlands to a loading pier on the south shore of the Toms River where coasting vessels took on cargo for Philadelphia and New York.
- Gastric emptying via emesis or lavage should be performed in patients who have ingested greater than 40-60 mg./kg. of elemental iron or an unknown amount. 1 Activated charcoal is not useful, unless there are co-ingestants, since it does not bind metals such as iron. 1 Iron tablets are radiopaque, therefore, an abdominal radiograph should be performed to determine if there is evidence of iron tablets in the stomach or small bowel.