Coal vs. Putter

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.

Putterverb

(intransitive) To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.

Putterverb

(intransitive) To produce intermittent bursts of sound in the course of operating.

Putternoun

One who puts or places.

Putternoun

A shot-putter.

Putternoun

(mining) One who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine.

Putternoun

(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.

Putternoun

(golf) A person who is taking a putt or putting.

Putternoun

One who puts or plates.

Putternoun

Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal mine, and the like.

Putternoun

A club with a short shaft and either a wooden or a metal head, used in putting.

Putterverb

To act inefficiently or idly; to occupy oneself in a liesurely manner; to trifle; to potter; as, to putter around in the garden.

Putternoun

a golfer who is putting

Putternoun

the iron normally used on the putting green

Putterverb

work lightly;

Putterverb

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;

Putterverb

move around aimlessly

Putter

A putter is a club used in the sport of golf to make relatively short and low-speed strokes with the intention of rolling the ball into the hole from a short distance away. It is differentiated from the other clubs (typically, irons and woods) by a clubhead with a very flat, low-profile, low-loft striking face, and by other features which are only allowed on putters, such as bent shafts, non-circular grips, and positional guides.