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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The workers fled, leaving behind uneaten bowls of noodles, half-drunk cans of coke and a pungent smell.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
The company said in December that it would eliminate a third of its workforce, or about 1,000 jobs, as it shuttered production from its blast furnace and coke ovens and transitioned to electric-arc steelmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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
He built a chip fire in the black square of the forge and pulled a bellows breeze on it and then fed wet coke over with his fingers until it glowed.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
In July, Goizueta decided that the traditional version would be revived, under the name Coca-Cola Classic, to be sold alongside the new Coke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
For much of the series, $3.49 got you a tape at participating McDonald’s, alongside a small vanilla cone or Diet Coke.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
New Coke, in bowing to Coca-Cola Classic, left everyone wondering why it existed in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"As finance minister I will not present a tax under which sugar-free drinks are taxed," Klingbeil, reportedly a big Coke Zero fan, told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Neuhardenberg, outside Berlin.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Barry yanked open the fridge, and a thrill went through him when he saw two six-packs of Coke, some cheese, hot dogs, bread, and a large bottle of water.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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
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
All of these, when coked, may be served on slices of toasted bread, or served in Pattie-cases, with cream sauce, or served simply with cream sauce.
From Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" by Edith Thomas
The best form of fire to use is one having rather high banks of coked coal on each side of the mass, leaving an opening or channel from end to end.
From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Harold P. (Harold Phillips) Manly
With air heated and coals not coked; 2 1/4; 3 1/4; 7 1/2; 65 Notes.
From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage
The supplies needed to keep them running - coking coal and iron pellets - are also running low.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The resource powered steamships, heated homes, and supported metal production through coking processes.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 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
Both are heavy, high-sulfur crudes purchased primarily by complex U.S. refiners with coking capacity.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 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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