English to English
coal
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noun (n)
- fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- supply with coal(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- take in coal(verb.contact)Example:
The big ship coaled.
source: wordnet30 - To burn to charcoal; to char.(verb)source: webster1913
- To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.(verb)source: webster1913
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