how to pronounce charcoal

/ˈtʃɑː.kəʊl/

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charcoal is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of charcoal in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… where you help out make charcoal that's …”

meanings of charcoal

noun:

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

adjective:

Made of charcoal.
Of a dark gray colour.

verb:

To cook over charcoal.
To draw with charcoal.

charcoal frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word charcoal occurs in english on average 5.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.