coke
Listen:Multiple Entries:
coke Coke
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coke1
▶noun 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 or distillation of petrol or other fuels.
▶verb (usu. as noun coking) convert (coal) into coke.– origin ME (in the sense ‘charcoal’): of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coke2
▶noun informal term for cocaine.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Coke/kəʊk/
▶noun trademark short for Coca-Cola.
'coke' also found in these Oxford entries:
