charcoal /char·coal/ (chahr´kōl) carbon prepared by charring wood or other organic material.
charcoal.
charcoal,
activated charcoal residue of destructive distillation of various organic materials, treated to increase its adsorptive power; used as a general-purpose antidote.
animal charcoal charcoal prepared from bone; it may be purified (purified animal c.) by removal of materials dissolved by hot hydrochloric acid and water; adsorbent and decolorizer.
char·coal (chär k l )n. 1. Carbon obtained by heating or burning organic material with restricted access of air. 2. Activated charcoal. |
charcoal.
See activated charcoal.
charcoal,
n a carbonized reduction of wood used as fuel and as an adsorptive substance to cleanse the air; it is used in some medical products.
charcoal
carbon prepared by charring wood or other organic material.
activated charcoal
the residue of destructive distillation of various organic materials, treated to increase its adsorptive power; used as a general purpose antidote.
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