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CHARCOAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stick of black carbon material used for drawing

Synonyms:

charcoal; fusain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("charcoal" is a kind of...):

writing implement (an implement that is used to write)

Derivation:

charcoal (draw, trace, or represent with charcoal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A drawing made with a stick of black carbon material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("charcoal" is a kind of...):

drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)

Derivation:

charcoal (draw, trace, or represent with charcoal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A very dark grey color

Synonyms:

charcoal; charcoal gray; charcoal grey; oxford gray; oxford grey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("charcoal" is a kind of...):

gray; grayness; grey; greyness (a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black)

Derivation:

charcoal (of a very dark grey)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

Synonyms:

charcoal; wood coal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("charcoal" is a kind of...):

atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a very dark grey

Synonyms:

charcoal; charcoal-gray; charcoal-grey

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)

Derivation:

charcoal (a very dark grey color)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "charcoal" is one way to...):

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

"Charcoal" entails doing...:

delineate; describe; draw; line; trace (make a mark or lines on a surface)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Did he charcoal his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

charcoal (a stick of black carbon material used for drawing)

charcoal (a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material)

Credits

 Context examples: 

At the farther end was a small brazier of burning charcoal, beside which on a three-legged wooden stool there sat a tall, thin old man, with his jaw resting upon his two fists, and his elbows upon his knees, staring into the fire.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)