| Noun | 1. | charcoal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of airatomic number 6, carbon, C - 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; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" | |
| 2. | charcoal - a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | |
| 3. | charcoal - a very dark gray color | |
| 4. | charcoal - a drawing made with charcoaldrawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" | |
| Verb | 1. | charcoal - draw, trace, or represent with charcoalartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" | |
| Adj. | 1. | charcoal - very dark gray | |