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coal
[ kohl ]
noun
- a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
verb (used with object)
- to burn to coal or charcoal.
- to provide with coal.
verb (used without object)
- to take in coal for fuel.
coal
/ °ìəʊ±ô /
noun
- a combustible compact black or dark-brown carbonaceous rock formed from compaction of layers of partially decomposed vegetation: a fuel and a source of coke, coal gas, and coal tar See also anthracite bituminous coal lignite peat 1
- ( as modifier )
coal cellar
coal mine
coal dust
coal merchant
- one or more lumps of coal
- short for charcoal
- coals to Newcastlesomething supplied where it is already plentiful
- haul someone over the coalsto reprimand someone
verb
- to take in, provide with, or turn into coal
coal
/ °ìűô /
- A dark-brown to black solid substance formed from the compaction and hardening of fossilized plant parts in the presence of water and in the absence of air. Carbonaceous material accounts for more than 50 percent of coal's weight and more than 70 percent of its volume. Coal is widely used as a fuel, and its combustion products are used as raw material for a variety of products including cement, asphalt, wallboard and plastics.
- See more at anthracite
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦´Ç²¹±ô²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦´Ç²¹±ôl±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coal1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coal1
Idioms and Phrases
- heap coals of fire on someone's head, to repay evil with good in order to make one's enemy repent.
- rake / haul / drag / call / take over the coals, to reprimand; scold:
They were raked over the coals for turning out slipshod work.
More idioms and phrases containing coal
see carry coals to Newcastle ; rake over the coals .Example Sentences
Covered in coal dust and away from the warmth of the sun, the two are often indistinguishable from one another.
Plans for the UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 years have officially been abandoned.
The plant's Chinese owner, Jingye, has cancelled two cargo shipments of coking coal for the site's two blast furnaces and it has not yet paid for iron pellets that are scheduled to arrive next week.
Donald Trump’s EPA says coal plants and other industrial polluters can ask to bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act by sending the agency an email.
Trump — who received record donations from fossil fuel companies during his presidential campaign — in recent weeks has also vowed to ramp up the production of coal.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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