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Definition of 'coal'Noun
( en-noun)
(uncountable) A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
(countable) A piece of coal used for burning. Note that in British English either of the following examples could be used, whereas the latter would be more common in American English.
- Put some coals on the fire.
- Put some coal on the fire.
(countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
(countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
- Just as the camp-fire died down to just coals , with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed.
Charcoal
Hyponyms
* anthracite, bitumin
Derived terms
* bituminous coal, soft coal
* brown coal
* channel coal
* coal ball
* coal bed
* coal black
( der-mid3)
* coalboy
* coal gas
* coal hole
* coal oil
* coal tar
( der-mid3)
* coal tit
* coalmine, coal mine
* coals to Newcastle
* hard coal (see: anthracite)
* white coal
( der-bottom)
Verb
( en-verb)
To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XVI:
- The light shook and splintered in the puddles. A red glare came from an outward-bound steamer that was coaling .
To be converted to charcoal.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 18:
- As a result, particles of wood and twigs insufficiently coaled are frequently found at the bottom of such pits.
To burn to charcoal; to char.
* Francis Bacon
- Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
- (Camden)
To supply with coal.
- to coal a steamer
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Similar to 'coal'cool, cell, call, col, cull, ceil, cowl, caul, chill, coil, coll, cal, cel, cill, choil, chiel, cawl
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