Coal meaning

What does “coal” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“coal” is a noun and verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.

coal

noun

  1. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

  2. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

    Synonymsember

verb

  1. burn to charcoal

    “Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything”

    Synonymschar
  2. supply with coal

  3. take in coal

    “The big ship coaled”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University