charbon — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anthrax noun A serious infectious disease, caused by a bacterium, that mainly affects livestock like cattle and sheep but can also infect humans.
- carbon noun A chemical element (symbol C) found in all living things and in materials like coal, diamond, and graphite.
- coal noun A black or dark brown rock, formed from ancient plant matter, burned as fuel.
- coke noun A solid fuel made by roasting coal, used mainly in steelmaking.
- smut noun Sexually explicit or crude material, especially writing, images, or jokes.
Senses
charbon is used for these senses in English:
- anthrax (pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
- carbon A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
- coal (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
- coke (uncountable) 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.
- smut Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.