Dictionary Entry
charcoal
charcoal is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
- 3noun
a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
Synonyms
- 4noun
a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material
- 5noun
a very dark grey color
- 6noun
a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
- 7verb
draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
- 8adjective
of a very dark grey
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