For Charcoal we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Art, Dream, Explosives, Forestry and Illustration.

Charcoal (Art)

A drawing medium (pencil or crayon) made from a porous carbonaceous material.

Charcoal (Dream)

To dream of charcoal unlighted, denotes miserable situations and bleak unhappiness. If it is burning with glowing coals, there is prospects of great enhancement of fortune, and possession of unalloyed joys.

Charcoal (Explosives)

A nonvolatile residue obtained when organic matter, usually wood, is heated in the absence of air. Largely pure Carbon, charcoal yields more heat per volume than wood. Charcoal obtained from bones is called bone black or animal charcoal. Finely divided charcoal, with its porous structure, efficiently filters the absorption of gases and of solids from solution. Charcoal is used in sugar refining and in water and air purification.

Charcoal (Forestry)

An amorphous form of carbon produced by partially burning or oxidizing wood or other organic matter in large kilns from which air is excluded: used as a fuel, filter, gas absorbent, etc.

Charcoal (Illustration)

Carbonized wood made by charring willow, vine, or other twigs in an airtight container. It is one of the oldest drawing materials, but very unstable without use of fixatives, which makes it impractical for most illustration work.

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