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Webster 1913 Edition

Coke

Coke

,
Noun.
[Perh. akin to
cake
, n.]
Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [GREEK] smokeless fire is required.
[Written also
coak
.]
Gas coke
,
the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Coke

,
Verb.
T.
To convert into coke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coke

COKE

,
Noun.
Fossil coal charred, or deprived of its bitumen, sulphur or other extraneous or volatile matter by fire, and thus prepared for exciting intense heat.

Definition 2024

Coke

Coke

See also: coke

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Coke ‎(plural Cokes)

  1. (uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink.
    1. (in particular) Coca-Cola.
  2. (countable, informal) A bottle, glass or can of a cola-based soft drink.
    1. (in particular) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola.
    I want a Coke.
  3. (US, chiefly Southern US, informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.

Synonyms

  • (soft drink): see the list at soda

Translations

coke

coke

See also: Coke

English

Noun

coke ‎(uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
    • The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.
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Verb

coke ‎(third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)

  1. (transitive) To produce coke from coal.
  2. (intransitive) To turn into coke.
Translations

Etymology 2

Originated circa 1908 in American English as a shortening of cocaine.

Noun

coke ‎(uncountable)

  1. (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
See also
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Etymology 3

1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, coca leaves and cola nut.

Noun

coke ‎(plural cokes)

  1. (uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
  2. (countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
  3. (US, chiefly Southern US, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).
Synonyms
  • (soft drink): see the list at soda
Translations

References

French

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English coke ‎(“residue from roasting in a coal oven”).

Noun

coke m ‎(plural cokes)

  1. coke (form of carbon)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English coke ‎(“cocaine”).

Noun

coke f ‎(plural cokes)

  1. coke (cocaine)
Synonyms

Italian

Noun

coke m ‎(invariable)

  1. coke (clarification of this Italian definition is being sought)

Etymology

Abbreviation of Coca-Cola. See coke ‎(“cola”).

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