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Defenition of the word coal

    • Defenition of the word coal

      • 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
      • take in coal

    Synonyms for the word coal

      • char
      • ember

    Meronymys for the word coal

      • atomic number 6
      • C
      • carbon

    Hyponyms for the word coal

      • anthracite
      • anthracite coal
      • bituminous coal
      • brown coal
      • hard coal
      • lignite
      • soft coal
      • steam coal
      • wood coal

    Hypernyms for the word coal

      • burn
      • combust
      • fossil fuel
      • fragment
      • furnish
      • gather in
      • provide
      • render
      • supply
      • take in
      • vegetable matter

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