Charcoal word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "charcoal" word

[noun] a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
[noun] a drawing made with charcoal
[noun] a very dark gray color
[noun] a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
[adjective] very dark gray
[verb] draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

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\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.

Synonyms for charcoal

achromatic, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey, fusain, oxford gray, oxford grey, wood coal

Related terms: art paper, ashes, chalk, chiaroscuro, cinder, delineation, ebauche, ethanol, gas black, inflammable, ink, jet fuel, kerosene, natural gas, paintbrush, peat, pencil, propane, rough copy, rough draft, silhouette, sketch

The fun area, different aproach to word »charcoal«

Let's analyse "charcoal" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LAOCRAHC. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.-. .... .- .-. -.-. --- .- .-..

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: charcoal: 1 + 6 + 1 = 8, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: charcoal: 3 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 6 + 1 + 3 = 34, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (2)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong

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