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Definition of: coal
(kōl) noun
1. A black, brittle, compact, amorphous substance of variable physical and chemical composition, produced by the carbonization of prehistoric vegetation: found in beds or veins in the earth and used as fuel; the principal varieties are bituminous coal, anthracite, and lignite.
2. A piece of coal as broken for use; such pieces collectively: in Great Britain commonly used in the plural.
3. A fragment of burned wood; charcoal.
4. An ember.
—to haul, rake, etc., over the coals To criticize; reprimand.
—v.t.
1. To supply with coal.
2. To reduce to coal, as wood, by burning.
—v.i.
3. To take in coal. ◆ Homophone: cole. [OE col]
| coadequate | coadmire | coagitate | coambassador | coapparition | coapprover | coassessor |
| coadminister | coadmit | coagitation | coanimate | coappear | coarbiter | coassignee |
| coadministration | coadventure | coagitator | coannex | coappearance | coarrange | coassist |
| coadministrator | coagency | coagriculturist | coannihilate | coappriser | coarrangement | coassistance |
| coadmiration | coagent | co-allied | coapostate | coapprove | coassession | coassistant |
Coal may appear as a combining form in hyphemes or in solidemes, or in two-word phrases, as in:
| coal ashes | coal-dark | coal-heaver |
| coal barge | coal-dealer | coal-laden |
| coalbin | coal-dealing | coal mine |
| coal-black | coal deposit | coal-miner |
| coal-blue | coal-digger | coal-mining |
| coalbox | coal-digging | coalmonger |
| coal bunker | coal district | coal-producing |
| coal-burner | coal dust | coal-rationing |
| coal-burning | coal-eyed | coal-rich |
| coal chute | coalfield | coalshed |
| coal-consumer | coal-fired | coal strata |
| coal-consuming | coal furnace | coalyard |
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