semicoke

English

noun
Definitions
  • Any of a range of products intermediate in composition and consistency between coke and pitch formed by the incomplete carbonization of coal

Etymology

Prefix from English coke (cocaine, residue from roasting in a coal oven).

Origin

English

coke

Gloss

cocaine, residue from roasting in a coal oven

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