COKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coke mean? 

• COKE (noun)
  The noun COKE has 3 senses:

1. carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal

2. Coca Cola is a trademarked cola

3. street names for cocaine

  Familiarity information: COKE used as a noun is uncommon.

• COKE (verb)
  The verb COKE has 1 sense:

1. become coke

  Familiarity information: COKE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("coke" is a kind of...):

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

Derivation:

coke (become coke)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coca Cola is a trademarked cola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Coca Cola; Coke

Hypernyms ("Coke" is a kind of...):

cola; dope (carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts ('dope' is a southernism in the United States))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Street names for cocaine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

blow; C; coke; nose candy; snow

Hypernyms ("coke" is a kind of...):

cocain; cocaine (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive)

• COKE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they coke    ... he / she / it cokes   
Past simple: coked   
Past participle: coked   
-ing form: coking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become coke

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

petroleum oils coke after distillation

Hypernyms (to "coke" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

coke (carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal)

 Context examples 

Chronic exposure to coke oven emissions in humans results in conjunctivitis, severe dermatitis, and lesions in the respiratory and digestive-tract.

(Coke Oven Emission, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called: Blow, C, Coca, Coke, Crack, Flake, Snow

(Cocaine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

A dark brown or black thick liquid obtained by roasting pine wood or formed as a by-product in the production of coke.

(Coal Tar, NCI Thesaurus)

Coal tar pitch is mainly used as a binder for aluminum smelting electrodes, but is also used in coating surfaces, in roofing materials, to impregnate and strengthen refractory brick and is used to produce pitch coke.

(Coal Tar Pitch, NCI Thesaurus)

Coke Oven Emissions are associated with an increased risk of developing lung, skin, kidney and bladder cancer.

(Coke Oven Emission, NCI Thesaurus)

Coke Oven Emissions are produced during the conversion of coal into coke by heating the coal in the absence of oxygen.

(Coke Oven Emission, NCI Thesaurus)