Synonyms for
coal
A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
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No Synonyms Found for Coal

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All Definitions for Coal

Below are all the dictionary definitions of coal:

1A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
2A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
3A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
4A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
5Charcoal.
6To supply with coal.
7To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).
8To burn to charcoal
9To char.
10To be converted to charcoal.
11Black like coal
12Coal-black.
13Content of low quality.
14Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.
15To mark or delineate with charcoal.
16Money.
17Four townships in the United States, in Missouri, Ohio (2), and Pennsylvania, listed under Coal Township.
18An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
19An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, United States, named after early settler Stephen Coale.

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About synonyms for coal

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