charcoal

n. carbon prepared by imperfect burning; piece of charcoal used for drawing; charcoal drawing

This article is about the substance consisting of mostly carbon. For the typeface, see Charcoal (typeface). For the Marvel Comics character, see Charcoal (comics) Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by heating wood, sugar, bone char, or others substances in the absence of oxygen (see char). The soft, brittle, lightweight, black, porous material resembles coal and is 85% to 98% carbon with the remainder consisting of volatile chemicals and ash.
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Noun
1. a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
(synonym) wood coal
(hypernym) fuel
2. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
(synonym) fusain
(hypernym) writing implement
3. a very dark gray color
(synonym) charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey
(hypernym) gray, grayness, grey, greyness
4. a drawing made with charcoal
(hypernym) drawing
Verb
1. draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
(hypernym) draw
(entail) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
(classification) art, artistic creation, artistic production
Adjective
1. very dark gray
(synonym) charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey
(similar) achromatic

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
  

To dream of charcoal unlighted, denotes miserable situations and bleak unhappiness. If it is burning with glowing coals, there is prospects of great enhancement of fortune, and possession of unalloyed joys.