charcoal
charcoal
/ˈtʃɑːkəʊl/
1 a black substance made by burning wood slowly in an oven with little air. Charcoal is used as a fuel or for drawing.
charcoal-grilled steaks
a charcoal drawing
Collocations
… of charcoal
lumppiece
verb + charcoal
makeproduceburn…
charcoal + noun
pencilstickdrawing…
2 (also charcoal grey) a very dark grey colour
Word Origin
late Middle English: probably related to coal in the early sense ‘charcoal’.
e.g.
My grandfather who worked in the mountains making charcoal once told me... ...Turning to run from a brown bear is suicide. Playing dead doesn't work either. 山で炭焼きの仕事していた俺の爺さんが教えてくれた ヒグマに出会ったら背を向けて逃げるのは自殺行為 死んだふりも意味がねぇ (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』10話)