What is "coal" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does coal mean in English? Meaning of coal definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "coal" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "coal": fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

Noun

  • Meaning: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
  • Synonyms: coal
  • Hyponyms: anthracite anthracite coal bituminous coal brown coal hard coal lignite soft coal steam coal wood coal
  • Hypernyms: fossil fuel vegetable matter
  • Substance Holonyms: atomic number 6 c carbon
  • Pronunciation in UK: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/

    Meaning of "coal": burn to charcoal

    Verb

  • Meaning: burn to charcoal
  • Example: Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
  • Synonyms: char coal
  • Hypernyms: burn combust
  • Pronunciation in UK: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/

    Meaning of "coal": a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

    Noun

  • Meaning: a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
  • Synonyms: coal ember
  • Hypernyms: fragment
  • Pronunciation in UK: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/

    Meaning of "coal": supply with coal

    Verb

  • Meaning: supply with coal
  • Synonyms: coal
  • Hypernyms: furnish provide render supply
  • Pronunciation in UK: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/

    Meaning of "coal": take in coal

    Verb

  • Meaning: take in coal
  • Example: The big ship coaled
  • Synonyms: coal
  • Hypernyms: gather in take in
  • Pronunciation in UK: /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/

    Synonyms:

    slack, smut, ember, char, stoke, carbon, fuel, cinder, spark, charcoal, culm, scoria, ash, anthracite,

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    coal in English: coal
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