coal
A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
Noun 4 meanings
A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
“The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.”
A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
“Put some coals on the fire.”
A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
“glowing coals”
Charcoal.
Verb 4 meanings
To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).
To supply with coal.
“to coal a steamer”
To be converted to charcoal.
To burn to charcoal; to char.
Adjective 1 meaning
Black like coal; coal-black.
Etymology
From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).
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COAL at a glance
COAL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,985 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with coal
All rhymes- GOAL5
- CHARCOAL15
- SHOAL8
- FOAL7
- SKOAL9
- PROTOZOAL20
- BENTHOAL13
- ENTOZOAL17
- METAZOAL19
- RECOAL8
- SPERMATOZOAL25
- SPOROZOAL20
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