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Definition of coal



Overview of noun coal

The noun coal has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) coal

(fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)

2. ember, coal

(a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering)


Overview of verb coal

The verb coal has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. char, coal

(burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything")

2. coal

(supply with coal)

3. coal

(take in coal; "The big ship coaled")