Antonyms for coke


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kohk
Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠk


Definition of coke

Origin :
  • "residue of fuel," 1690s, northern English dialect, perhaps a variant of Middle English colke "core, charcoal" (c.1400), itself possibly related to -colc, an Old English word for "pit," which perhaps would give it a sense of "what is left in the pit after a fire."
  • As in iron : noun hard, ferrous metal
  • As in carbon : noun element
  • As in cocaine : noun illegal drug
Example sentences :
  • To produce this it is estimated that 225,000 tons of coal and coke were consumed.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • In the waiting-room there was a coke fire, very red and hollow, and a dim lamp.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Would you throw a gallop into a horse with his leg full of coke?
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • "The coke will die out before he's gone half a mile," said Engle.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • The stove was always stuffed with coke and kept things as hot as a Turkish bath.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • The ten francs were to make up the amount of a bill she had given her coke merchant.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • This is prepared from wood in the same way that coke is made from coal.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • Some of the coke is found as a dense cake on the sides and roof of the retort.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • They had a good quantity of the coke on hand, which was also crushed.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island » by Roger Thompson Finlay
  • In some instances the coke, and not the gas, is a by-product.
  • Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway

Synonyms for coke

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