Synonyms:
charcoal, charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray
Meaning: of a very dark grey
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
charcoal, wood_coal
Meaning: a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
Synonyms:
charcoal, fusain
Meaning: a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
charcoal
Meaning: draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
Usage examples
Punk and silk and charcoal.
Will you give me your charcoal?'
"It was just midnight," replied the charcoal burner.
Or, in other words, of nitre, 16 parts; charcoal 7 parts; sulphur, 4 parts.
He rubs the lead or iron with his powder, and puts it over burning charcoal.
Rocket Composition consists of gunpowder 16 parts, by Weight; charcoal, 3 parts.
Mix eight pounds of light sugar-house or New-Orleans molasses, eight pounds of water, one pound of powdered charcoal.
They, of course, did not wish to return to the hut of the charcoal burner, and at length they found their way out of the deep forest.
Many of the negroes of Africa, make it for themselves--burning the charcoal, gathering saltpetre from salt-pans, and buying the sulphur from trading caravans: they grind the materials on a stone.
He and his favorite page became separated from the rest of the party and soon they realized that they were lost. As night approached they found the rude hut of a charcoal burner and begged for permission to pass the night there.