charcoal.
A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
To supply with coal.
To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
To burn to charcoal; to char.
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
To be converted to charcoal.
A dusky grouse.
A dusky dolphin.
A dusky shark.
Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.
Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
Having a shade of color that is rather dark.