coke
IPA: kˈoʊk
noun
- (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
- (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
- (countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
- (countable, informal) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola or a cola-based soft drink.
- (US, especially Southern US, informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.
- A surname
- (uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola). [(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.]
- (countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola). [(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.]
- (US, chiefly Southern US, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type). [(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.]
verb
- (transitive) To produce coke from coal.
- (intransitive) To turn into coke.
- (especially automotive, astronautics) To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.
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Examples of "coke" in Sentences
- The man arrived to fetch the coke.
- He likes drinking coke with his lunch.
- Coke Zero Presents the series of the show.
- Coke sales fizz as Pepsi spat leaves it flat.
- The coke ovens closed in 1956 and the colliery in 1984.
- Chief Justice Coke denied auricular taking of opinions.
- Coke is the name for all soda in Texas and lots of the sout.
- In 1900 government analyst stated that the coke was the best in the world.
- The fluid coking process may be integrated with a coke gasification process.
- It is the ancestral home of the Coke family, the Earls of Leicester of Holkham.