carbonize
Burn to charcoal
To carbonize is to convert organic matter into carbon, usually through intense heat.
Wood carbonizes when burned incompletely, becoming charite.
In cooking, food that carbonizes has burned to a blackened crisp: I carbonized the toast.
The process can be intentional—carbonizing biomass to create charcoal—or accidental destruction.
Burned wood residue
- charringBurning surface black
- pyrolyzeDecompose via intense heat
- calcineHeat to transform chemically
- cokeCarbonized coal fuel
soot · blacken · scorch · sear · singe · burn · combust · smolder
Transferred thermal energy
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- oxidizeCombine with oxygen
- igniteStart burning something
- flameBurning gas made visible
gasification · volatilization · cracking · distillation · coking · smoke · temperature · anaerobic
Change in form or faith
Combustible sedimentary rock
- peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
- anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
- bituminousContaining natural tar
- ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
sediment · compression · burial · fossilization · petroleum · swamp · ancient · deposit
charcoal
Burned wood residue
coke · soot · blacken · scorch · sear · singe · burn · combust · smolder · incinerate
heat
Transferred thermal energy
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- oxidizeCombine with oxygen
- igniteStart burning something
flame · gasification · volatilization · cracking · distillation · coking · smoke · temperature · anaerobic · endothermic
convert
Change in form or faith
coal
Combustible sedimentary rock
- peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
- anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
- bituminousContaining natural tar
lignite · sediment · compression · burial · fossilization · petroleum · swamp · ancient · deposit · seam
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