Coking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of converting or of being converted into coke.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of coke.
  • noun. The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal
  • Word Usage
    "From figures which I have secured from different companies concerned in coking operations the cost of coking, or the conversion cost, is taken care of by the value of the by-products secured, which consist of gas, ammonium sulphate, tar and motor-fuel."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    verb-stem
    coke