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1. coal
noun. ['ˈkoʊl'] fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
Synonyms
- wood coal
- soft coal
- vegetable matter
- anthracite coal
- hard coal
- C
- lignite
- bituminous coal
- fossil fuel
- carbon
- atomic number 6
- brown coal
- anthracite
Antonyms
- recall
- freeze
- demand
- extinguish
Etymology
- cole (Middle English (1100-1500))
- col (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Coal
- self-control
- rock-and-roll
- decontrol
- rock'n'roll
- espanol
- control
- pistole
- patrol
- mcdole
- extol
- console
- stroll
- strole
- strohl
- scroll
- pajole
- nicolle
- nicole
- mccoll
- mccole
- madole
- enroll
- devaul
- cajole
- abrol
- viole
- troll
- stoll
- stole
- stol
How do you pronounce coal?
Pronounce coal as koʊl.
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Sentences with coal
1. Noun, singular or mass
This took the form of larger plants and the discoveries of more coal reservoirs in the earth.
2. Verb, base form
The outbreak of the U.S. Civil War led to coal replacing charcoal as the fuel source for steel furnaces.
Quotes about coal
1. Dusty, dark, cold, and hard, coal has no beauty of its own, but when it is consummated by fire it is beautiful and becomes what it was designed to be.
- Frederica Mathewes-Green, At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy
2. coal-burning
adjective. fueled by burning coal.
Synonyms
- coal-fired
Antonyms
- unfed
- self-sustained
3. coal-black
adjective. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.
Synonyms
- jet
- pitchy
- sooty
- achromatic
- jet-black
Antonyms
- colorful
- subjective
- reactive
- positive
4. coal-fired
adjective. fueled by burning coal.
Synonyms
- coal-burning
Antonyms
- unfed
- self-sustained
5. coal-tar_creosote
noun. a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood.
Synonyms
- organic compound
6. coal
verb. ['ˈkoʊl'] supply with coal.
Synonyms
- provide
- render
- furnish
Antonyms
- lose
- undeceive
- give
- emit
Etymology
- cole (Middle English (1100-1500))
- col (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. coal
noun. ['ˈkoʊl'] a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering.
Synonyms
- ember
Antonyms
- take
- inactivity
Etymology
- cole (Middle English (1100-1500))
- col (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. coal
verb. ['ˈkoʊl'] burn to charcoal.
Synonyms
- combust
- burn
Etymology
- cole (Middle English (1100-1500))
- col (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. coal
verb. ['ˈkoʊl'] take in coal.
Synonyms
- gather in
Antonyms
- conserve
- abstain
Etymology
- cole (Middle English (1100-1500))
- col (Old English (ca. 450-1100))