coke
Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
Noun 1 meaning
Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
“The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.”
Verb 3 meanings
To produce coke from coal.
To turn into coke.
To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.
“In kerolox engines, some of the fuel flow cokes in the engine's cooling passages over time, requiring thorough cleaning prior to reuse.”
Etymology
The origin is not certain. The OED says it is first attested in 1669. The MED has an earlier attestation in the related sense of "charcoal" in 1430: Middle English coke.
COKE at a glance
COKE has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,124 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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