coal (n.)

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

  2. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

    [ Syn: ember ]

    coal (v.)

  1. burn to charcoal; Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything

    [ Syn: char ]

  2. supply with coal

  3. take in coal; The big ship coaled'

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