Coal (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
  2. a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
  3. charcoal (def. 1).
verb (used with object)
  1. to burn to coal or charcoal.
  2. to provide with coal.
verb (used without object)
  1. to take in coal for fuel.
Idioms
  1. to repay evil with good in order to make one's enemy repent.
  2. to reprimand; scold: They were raked over the coals for turning out slipshod work.
noun
    • a combustible compact black or dark-brown carbonaceous rock formed from compaction of layers of partially decomposed vegetation: a fuel and a source of coke, coal gas, and coal tar
    • (as modifier)
  2. one or more lumps of coal
  3. short for charcoal
  4. something supplied where it is already plentiful
  5. to reprimand someone
verb
  1. to take in, provide with, or turn into coal
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