different between charcoal vs carbide

English

Etymology

From Middle English charcole, from charren (“to change, turn”) + cole (“coal”), from Old English cierran (“to change, turn”) + col (“coal”); equivalent to char (Etymology 3 (verb)) +? coal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t???.k??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t???.ko?l/

Noun

charcoal (usually uncountable, plural charcoals)

1. (countable, uncountable) Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
2. (countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
3. (countable) A drawing made with charcoal.
4. A very dark gray colour.

Translations

Adjective

charcoal (comparative more charcoal, superlative most charcoal)

1. Of a dark gray colour.
2. Made of charcoal.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

charcoal (third-person singular simple present charcoals, present participle charcoaling, simple past and past participle charcoaled)

1. To draw with charcoal.
2. To cook over charcoal.

See also

English

Noun

carbide (plural carbides)

1. (chemistry) Any binary compound of carbon and a more electropositive element
2. (chemistry) The polyatomic ion C₂^2?, or any of its salts.
3. (chemistry) The monatomic ion C^4?, or any of its salts.
4. (chemistry) A carbon-containing alloy or doping of a metal or semiconductor, such as steel.
5. (chemistry) Tungsten carbide.
6. (cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cementite

Anagrams

• decibar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed internationalism. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?r?bi.d?/
• Hyphenation: car?bi?de
• Rhymes: -id?

Noun

carbide n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) carbide, C₂^2? or C^4?

Derived terms

• calciumcarbide

Related terms

• carbid