a solid-fuel product containing about 80 per cent of carbon produced by distillation of coal to drive off its volatile constituents: used as a fuel and in metallurgy as a reducing agent for converting metal oxides into metals
any similar material, such as the layer formed in the cylinders of a car engine by incomplete combustion of the fuel
Sir Edward. 1552–1634, English jurist, noted for his defence of the common law against encroachment from the Crown: the Petition of Right (1628) was largely his work
Thomas William, 1st Earl of Leicester, known as Coke of Holkham. 1752–1842, English agriculturist: pioneered agricultural improvement and considerably improved productivity at his Holkham estate in Norfolk
1375–1425; late Middle English colke, coke, equivalent to Old English col coal + -( o ) ca -ock
An Americanism first recorded in 1905–10; short for cocaine
From Coke, the brand name of a carbonated cola drink
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“Because it’s the first contract with Nippon Steel, they’d like to have a quick signing and smooth transition,” said Andrew Macey, a worker at Mon Valley’s coke plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The workers fled, leaving behind uneaten bowls of noodles, half-drunk cans of coke and a pungent smell.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Exxon has said it is targeting a more than 50% increase in Permian output between 2025 and 2030 in part by using petroleum coke, a refinery byproduct, to recover more molecules as it fracks wells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
“I had to take a few jelly beans and coke to get going. It wasn’t the prettiest innings but sometimes you’ve got to do it ugly.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
“Except it’s not carbon. You use coke to make steel. Coke and lime.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The maker of Coke, Sprite, and Fanta is scheduled to report third-quarter results Tuesday before the opening bell.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
KFC’s chicken competitors, including fast-growing brands Wingstop and Popeyes, serve Coke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Coke stood out for its promises for future sales growth, the person said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Eventually KFC told both companies that Coke had won the contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
I read until the end of a chapter, and then I got up and put my coat on over my pajamas and went to get a Coke.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
In the case of bituminous coal, Bunsen and Playfair find that it has to descend still lower before it is perfectly coked.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
To take the welding heat the fire should be cleaned out and clear coked coal, and not gaseous coal, used.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
After the wood is completely charred, or the coal become coked, the subsequent changes are the same that happen in the charcoal furnaces.
From Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Rufus Porter
No coals are now coked at the Clyde iron works; at all the three furnaces the iron is smelted with coals.
From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage
In the fire, a similar breaking away of the surface takes place, and when coked, the coal is but moderately coherent.
From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Samuel W. (Samuel William) Johnson
“She’s going to have to get the trust of the steelworkers,” said Richard Tikey, a union local vice president at the coking coal plant for U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The resource powered steamships, heated homes, and supported metal production through coking processes.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
And Venezuelan crude constitutes heavy oils that need specialized, complex refineries with coking and desulfurization units.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
SSAB’s so-called fossil-free steel replaces the coking coal traditionally used for iron ore-based steelmaking with electricity from renewable sources and hydrogen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Nine herons stand like flowers in the canal beside the coking plant.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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