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Definition of charcoal:

Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

Synonyms:

charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey, ash, wood coal, oxford-grey, amber, lignite, avocado, azure, ember, stub, baby-blue, oxford-gray, cinder, beige, alabaster, soot, fusain, blue, brand, fumes, smoke, spark, bluish, brown coal, amethyst, achromatic.

black (part of speech: adjective)
- dingy,
- dark,
- ebony,
- midnight,
- sable,
- black
fuel (part of speech: noun)
- gasoline,
- kerosene,
- briquette,
- coal,
- fuel,
- briquette,
- gas,
- ethane,
- coke,
- oil,
- combustion,
- peat,
- propane,
- methane
drawing (part of speech: noun)
- painting,
- water color,
- rendering,
- picture,
- still life,
- drawing,
- blueprint,
- plan,
- illustration,
- cartoon,
- portrait,
- diagram,
- landscape,
- depiction,
- sketch,
- study,
- tracing,
- doodle,
- scene,
- pastel,
- masterpiece

Usage examples:

Come and see the charcoal."

- "Put Yourself in His Place", Charles Reade.
Blanca was studying Carson's face as it was lighted by the glow from the charcoal.

- "The Coast of Adventure", Harold Bindloss.
After filling the bottle one third full of limewater, heat the tube containing the charcoal until it begins to glow.

- "Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools", Francis M. Walters, A.M..