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Coal
Found in thesaurus: vegetable matter, fossil fuel, fragment, combust, burn, provide, supply, furnish, render, gather in, take in
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coal
n.
fuel made from carbon; cinder, ember
v.
provide with coal; take in coal; burn to coal
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Coal
Coal (from the Old English term col, which has meant "mineral of fossilized carbon" since the 13th century) is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. Coal is composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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coal
Noun
1. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
(hypernym) fossil fuel
(hyponym) anthracite, anthracite coal, hard coal
(substance-meronym) carbon, C, atomic number 6
(derivation) char
2. a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
(synonym) ember
(hypernym) fragment
(derivation) char
Verb
1. burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
(synonym) char
(hypernym) burn, combust
2. supply with coal
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
3. take in coal; "The big ship coaled"
(hypernym) take in, gather in
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coal
n.
uhlí; žhavé uhlíky
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coal
Rzecz.
węgiel; żarzące się węgle
