: the residue of coal left after destructive distillation and used as fuel
also
: a similar residue left by other materials (such as petroleum) distilled to dryness
coked; coking
: to change into coke
: to become coke or like coke
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
The coke oven compliance deadlines would change from July 2025 to July 2027 if the interim final rule goes into effect, according to the EPA.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Intense fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk forced the closure of Ukraine's last operating coking coal mine.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The escape is the latest in a string of security lapses at the Community Justice Campus, which opened in 2022 on the site of the old Indianapolis coke plant.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
The coke oven compliance deadlines would change from July 2025 to July 2027 if the interim final rule goes into effect, according to the EPA.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Developing a facility akin to the coking coal plant in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine -- which is the largest enterprise in Ukraine -- would require around $10 billion.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
Intense fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk forced the closure of Ukraine's last operating coking coal mine.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Coke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coke. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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