Coke — may refer to: Coca Cola, a soft drink originally based on coca leaf extract The Coca Cola Company, makers of this drink Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca Cola Soft drink, any non alcoholic carbonated beverage Coca, a plant Cocaine, a drug… … Wikipedia
coke — [1] ► NOUN 1) a solid fuel made by heating coal in the absence of air so that the volatile components are driven off. 2) carbon residue left after the incomplete combustion or distillation of petrol or other fuels. ► VERB (usu. coking) ▪ convert… … English terms dictionary
coke — coke1 [kōk] n. [< ME colke, core, charcoal (the unconsumed “core” of burned wood) < IE * gel ĝ , rounded < base * gel : see CLAW] 1. coal from which most of the gases have been removed by heating: it burns with intense heat and little… … English World dictionary
coke — coke1 cokelike, coky, adj. /kohk/, n., v., coked, coking. Chem. n. 1. the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as … Universalium
Coke — /kook/, n. Sir Edward, 1552 1634, English jurist and writer on law. Also, Cooke. * * * Solid residue remaining after certain types of coals are heated to a high temperature out of contact with air until substantially all components that easily… … Universalium
coke — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from dialect coke, colk core, from Middle English; akin to Swedish kälk pith Date: 1669 the residue of coal left after destructive distillation and used as fuel; also a similar residue left by other materials (as… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Coke (fuel) — This article is about fuel coke derived from coal. For fuel coke derived from petroleum, see Petroleum coke. For other uses, see Coke. Raw coke Coke is the solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low ash, low sulfur… … Wikipedia
Coke /petroleum — A residue high in carbon content and low in hydrogen that is the final product of thermal decomposition in the condensation process in cracking. This product is reported as marketable coke or catalyst coke. The conversion is 5 barrels (of 42… … Energy terms
Coke Oven — A chamber of brick or other heat resistant material in which coal is heated to separate the coal gas, coal water, and tar. The coal gas and coal water fuse together with carbon and the remaining ash, forming a hard residue commonly referred to… … Energy terms
coke — {{11}}coke (1) residue of fuel, 1690s, northern English dialect, perhaps a variant of M.E. colke core, charcoal (c.1400), itself possibly related to colc, an O.E. word for pit, which perhaps would give it a sense of what is left in the pit after… … Etymology dictionary
Coke /coal — A solid carbonaceous residue derived from low ash, low sulfur bituminous coal from which the volatile constituents are driven off by baking in an oven at temperatures as high as 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit so that the fixed carbon and residual ash … Energy terms