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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
3. noun. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

   Synonyms: fusain

4. noun. a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material
5. noun. a very dark grey color
6. noun. a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
7. verb. draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
8. adjective. of a very dark grey

Synonyms

fusain

Common word forms

charcoals, charcoaled, charcoaling

Words from these letters

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