Coke
[kəʊk]
[kəʊk] or [kok]
Definition
(noun.) street names for cocaine.
(noun.) carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal.
(verb.) become coke; 'petroleum oils coke after distillation'.
Edited by Bryan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless fire is required.
(v. t.) To convert into coke.
Checker: Olga
Definition
n. a form of fuel obtained by the heating of coal in confined spaces whereby its more volatile constituents are driven off.—v.t. to make into coke.
Edited by Kelsey
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of coke, denotes affliction and discord will enter your near future.
Edited by Karl
Examples
- Besides air this process required as raw materials limestone and coke. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The coal in the retorts is not entirely consumed, but is reduced to the condition of coke, and in this form is sold for fuel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is said that in 1664 Sir John Winter of England made coke by burning sea coal in closed pots. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Rocket weighed 41 tons; the tender, with water and coke, 3 tons 4 cwt. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He entertained the notion of making the use of gas and coke compulsory, by levying a tax on all who obstinately refused to adopt what would be so much to their own advantage. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The coal, coke, ore, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The terms semi-anthracite, semi-bituminous, coking coal, splint coal, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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