Charcoal

German Meaning

Holzkohle

Kohle

Zeichenkohle

English Meaning

  1. A black, porous, carbonaceous material, 85 to 98 percent carbon, produced by the destructive distillation of wood and used as a fuel, filter, and absorbent.
  2. A drawing pencil or crayon made from this material.
  3. A drawing executed with such a pencil or crayon.
  4. A dark grayish brown to black or dark purplish gray.
  5. To draw, write, or blacken with a black, carbonaceous material.
  6. To charbroil.