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coal

/kəʊl/

/koʊl/

coalnoun

coals

Translations

The coal was used to heat the house during winter.

Уголь использовался для обогрева дома зимой.

Additional translations

каменный уголь

бурый уголь

Definitions

A combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.

The power plant burns coal to generate electricity.

A piece of glowing or charred wood or other solid fuel.

The campfire was reduced to a few glowing coals.

Synonyms

coalverb

coaled

Past Simple

coaled

Past Participle

coaling

Gerund

/kəʊl/

/koʊl/

Regular verb meaning ‘to supply with coal’ or ‘to turn into charcoal’; missing in current entry.

Definitions

To supply, refuel, or load with coal.

The steamship stopped at the port to coal for the long journey.

To burn or be converted to charcoal; to become blackened like coal.

The wood slowly coaled in the kiln.

coaladjective

Attributive use before a noun (‘coal industry’), treated as an adjective according to project rules.

Definitions

Relating to, consisting of, or used for coal.

Government policy is shifting away from coal power.