charcoal vs sloe

charcoal

noun
  • impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen. 

  • A stick of black carbon material used for drawing. 

  • A drawing made with charcoal. 

  • A very dark gray colour. 

adj
  • Made of charcoal. 

  • Of a dark gray colour. 

verb
  • To cook over charcoal. 

  • To draw with charcoal. 

sloe

noun
  • The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). 

  • The tree Prunus spinosa. 

  • Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit. 

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