coal
25 synonyms found
- anthracite
- brown coal
- burn in
- burn off
- burning ember
- cater
- cauterize
- char
- cupel
- ebon
- ebony
- fuel up
- gas up
- live coal
- night
- oxidate
- purvey
- pyrolyze
- refuel
- sea coal
- sloe
- vesicate
- victual
- vulcanize
- weld
Definition
(n) :
a black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel; a piece of coal used for burning. Note that in British English the first of the following examples would usually be used, whereas in American English the latter would
"put some coals on the fire."
"1957: As a result, particles of wood and twigs insufficiently coaled are frequently found at the bottom of such pits. — H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 18."