Definition of: charcoal

(chär′kōl′) noun
1. A black, porous, odorless carbonaceous substance, burning with little or no flame, obtained by the imperfect combustion of organic matter, as of wood: it is used as a fuel, an adsorbent, a filter, etc.
2. A drawing pencil or crayon made of charcoal dust.
3. A drawing made in charcoal.
—v.t.
1. To write, draw, mark, or blacken with or as with charcoal.
2. To subject to or suffocate with charcoal fumes. [ME charcole; origin unknown]