coke
coke1 / kōk/ • n. a solid fuel made by heating coal in the absence of air so that the volatile components are driven off. ∎ carbon residue left after the incomplete combustion of gasoline or other fuels.• v. [tr.] [usu. as n.] (coking) convert (coal) into coke.coke2 • n. informal term for cocaine.
coke
coke solid residue of the dry distillation of coal. XVII (formerly often pl.). prob. identical with north. dial. colk (XIV) core, of unkn. orig.
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