The natural, rocklike, brown to black derivative of forest-type plant material, usually accumulated in peat beds and progressively compressed and indurated until it is finally altered in to graphite-like material.
burn to charcoal
carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
take in coal, as of a ship
supply with coal
a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
take in coal; "The big ship coaled"
burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
