charcoal

: a hard black material that is made by burning wood with a small amount of air

◊ Charcoal is burned for cooking food and is also made into sticks that are used for drawing pictures.

• hamburgers cooked over charcoal
• a charcoal grill
• charcoal drawings

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: a dark gray color — see color picture on this page