fusain

Plural: fusains

Noun

• A fine, soft charcoal used by artists for drawing.
• a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
• Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
• A drawing made with it.
• Fossilized charcoal that exists in geologic formations, which often contain other fossil fuels nearby as well (e.g., bitumen, brown coal).

Examples

• He hoped his obscure word, FUSAIN, would prove to be a masterpiece on the Scrabble board.

Synonyms

charcoal, mother of coal