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coal
noun
1 coal
Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
Roget 388:
fuel,
firing,
combustible.
[solid fuels]
coal,
wallsend†,
anthracite,
culm†,
coke,
carbon,
charcoal,
bituminous coal,
tar shale;
turf,
peat,
firewood,
bobbing,
faggot,
log;
cinder
etc.
(products of combustion)
384;
ingle,
tinder,
touchwood;
sulphur,
brimstone;
incense;
port-fire;
fire-barrel,
fireball,
brand;
amadou†,
bavin†;
blind coal,
glance coal;
German tinder,
pyrotechnic sponge,
punk,
smudge [U.S.];
solid fueled rocket.
[fuels for candles and lamps]
wax,
paraffin wax,
paraffin oil;
lamp oil,
whale oil.
[liquid fuels]
oil,
petroleum,
gasoline,
high octane gasoline,
nitromethane,
petrol,
gas,
juice [Coll.],
gasohol,
alcohol,
ethanol,
methanol,
fuel oil,
kerosene,
jet fuel,
heating oil,
number 2 oil,
number 4 oil,
naphtha;
rocket fuel,
high specific impulse fuel,
liquid hydrogen,
liquid oxygen,
lox.
[gaseous fuels]
natural gas,
synthetic gas,
synthesis gas,
propane,
butane,
hydrogen.
brand,
torch,
fuse;
wick;
spill,
match,
light,
lucifer,
congreve†,
vesuvian,
vesta†,
fusee,
locofoco†;
linstock†.
candle
etc.
(luminary)
423;
oil
etc.
(grease)
356.
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Dutch: kolen, kool, steenkolen, steenkool
Polish: węgiel
2 coal
A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering.
synonym: ember.
Dutch: gloeiend kooltje, gloeiende sintel, hete kolen, kool, sintel, steenkool
Polish: zarzewie
verb
1 coal
Burn to charcoal.
synonym: char.
2 coal
3 coal
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