Charcoal - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Charcoal :  adj : very dark gray [syn: charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey] (noun)
1: a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air [syn: wood coal]
2: a stick of black carbon material used for drawing [syn: fusain]
3: a very dark gray color [syn: charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey]
4: a drawing made with charcoal (verb)

1: draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

Based on WordNet 2.0

Charcoal : \Char"coal`\, n. [See Char, v. t., to burn or to reduce to coal, and Coal.] 1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.

Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant.

Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances.

Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with it.

Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use in an electric light apparatus.

Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Charcoal

matyaa: @masa_Charcoal が研究室にいると信じて襲い掛かりに行く
syagini: Charcoal drawing aftermath: COUGH COUGH mau pengsan
Mamborat: (lmao)tangX lahat ng lapis at Charcoal ko nawawala .. ang natra puro 2b 2b 2b 2b buwahahaha http://plurk.com/p/2w9bzf
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