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1. coal
noun. ['ˈkoʊl'] fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- cole (Middle English (1100-1500))
- col (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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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UK - How to pronounce coal in British English
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
3. coal-black
adjective. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.
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5. coal-tar_creosote
noun. a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood.
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6. coal
verb. ['ˈkoʊl'] supply with coal.
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
Antonyms
Etymology
- cole (Middle English (1100-1500))
- col (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
