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charcoal
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charcoal /char·coal/ (chahr´kol) carbon prepared by charring wood or other organic material.
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 (chärkl)
n.
1. Carbon obtained by heating or burning organic material with restricted access of air.
2. 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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Ted Childs continued to enlarge the preserve with his own purchases beginning in 1934, accumulating a total of 6,400 acres and maintaining his father's objectives of developing favorable habitat for wildlife and allowing the forest to recover from the intense exploitation of the charcoaling days.
Connecticut's two-pocket woodland by Verner, Mary / American Forests
Contemporary campaigns to increase the efficiency of fuelwood use began with efforts to improve charcoaling methods.
Wood-starved and footsore by Field, Ted / American Forests
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