Synonyms for charcoal
ˈtʃɑrˌkoʊlchar·coal

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1. charcoal, wood coalnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   oxford grey, charcoal grey, brown coal, charcoal gray, wood coal, oxford gray, fusain, lignite

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

2. charcoal, fusainnoun

   a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

   Synonyms:
   fusain, charcoal grey, oxford grey, wood coal, oxford gray, charcoal gray

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

3. charcoal, charcoal grey, charcoal gray, oxford grey, oxford graynoun

   a very dark grey color

   Synonyms:
   fusain, charcoal grey, oxford grey, wood coal, oxford gray, charcoal gray

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

4. charcoaladjective

   a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material

   Synonyms:
   fusain, charcoal grey, oxford grey, wood coal, oxford gray, charcoal gray

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

5. charcoal, charcoal-grey, charcoal-grayverb

   of a very dark grey

   Synonyms:
   charcoal-grey, charcoal-gray

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

6. charcoalverb

   draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

   Antonyms:
   chromatic

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Carbon
   • Draw
   • Fuel

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1. charcoalnoun

   Synonyms:
   wood-coal

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1. List of paraphrases for "charcoal":

   coal, coal-fired, smut

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How to use charcoal in a sentence?

1. Forestry Clement Chilima:

   Individuals who are in the charcoal business because they have no other means of survival will be engaged in alternative sources of income.

2. Howard Buffett:

   Hydro plants are really the game changer, it provides jobs, it provides new resources, new investment. It helps keep people from cutting the trees down for charcoal in the forests. So it's like a win, win, win.

3. Assyrian Proverb:

   You can not write in the chimney with charcoal.

4. Scott C. Holstad:

   Ashes keep drifting onto my paper, charcoal snowflakes on a minefield of blanks, words bouncing around off each other uttering impotent images of sight sound terror life crying for recognition, narcissistic eunuchs reflecting my face, ruining the snowfield.

5. Alex Thom:

   This is our major source of income. The cash crops we grow are seasonal, which means there are parts of the year when we have nothing to sell. But we can store the charcoal and sell it later.