Definition of Coal

1. Noun. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.


2. Verb. Burn to charcoal. "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
Exact synonyms: Char
Generic synonyms: Burn, Combust
Derivative terms: Char

3. Noun. A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering.
Exact synonyms: Ember
Generic synonyms: Fragment

4. Verb. Supply with coal.
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply

5. Verb. Take in coal. "The big ship coaled"
Generic synonyms: Gather In, Take In

Definition of Coal

1. n. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.

2. v. t. To burn to charcoal; to char.

3. v. i. To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.

Definition of Coal

1. Noun. A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. ¹

2. Noun. A piece of coal used for burning. Note that in British English the first of the following examples would usually be used, whereas in American English the latter would. ¹

3. Noun. A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof. ¹

4. Noun. A smouldering piece of material. ¹

5. Verb. To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton. ¹

6. Verb. To be converted to charcoal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coal

1. to supply with coal (a carbon fuel) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Coal

1. A natural fuel formed by partial decomposition of vegetable matter under certain environmental conditions. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coal

coagulations
coagulative
coagulator
coagulators
coagulatory
coagulin
coagulometer
coagulopathy
coagulum
coagulums
coaita
coaitas
coak
coaked
coaks
coal (current term)
coal-black
coal-meter
coal-meters
coal-tar
coal-tar creosote
coal-tars
coal-whipper
coal-whippers
coal ball
coal bed
coal black
coal car
coal chute
coal drop

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