different between kangri vs charcoal

English

Etymology

From Kashmiri ???????? (k?ng?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæ???i/

Noun

kangri (plural kangris)

1. A small wicker-covered clay pot containing hot coals, worn under clothing in Kashmir to warm the skin.
   • 2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage 2006, page 54:

     Under the phiran her little kangri of hot coals sent long fingers of heat across her stomach.

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• raking

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.

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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.

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