| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  k k |
| NOUN: | The solid residue of impure carbon obtained from bituminous coal and other carbonaceous materials after removal of volatile material by destructive distillation. It is used as a fuel and in making steel. | | TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: coked, cok·ing, cokes
To convert or be converted into coke. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps from Middle English colk, core.
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