Coalnoun
(uncountable) A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
Coalnoun
(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.
Coalnoun
(countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
Coalnoun
(countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
Coalnoun
Charcoal.
Coalverb
(intransitive) To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
Coalverb
(transitive) To supply with coal.
Coalverb
(intransitive) To be converted to charcoal.
Coalverb
(transitive) To burn to charcoal; to char.
Coalverb
(transitive) To mark or delineate with charcoal.
Coalnoun
A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.
Coalnoun
A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.
Coalverb
To burn to charcoal; to char.
Coalverb
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
Coalverb
To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.
Coalverb
To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.
Coalnoun
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
Coalnoun
a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
Coalverb
burn to charcoal;
Coalverb
supply with coal
Coalverb
take in coal;
Coalnoun
a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting chiefly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground seams and used as fuel
Coalnoun
a piece of coal
Coalnoun
a red-hot piece of coal or other material in a fire
Coalverb
provide with a supply of coal
Coalverb
mine or extract coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coalyadjective
Resembling coal.
Coalyadjective
Covered in, or containing, coal.
Coalyadjective
Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.