coal

Meaning

Noun

1. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
2. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
3. A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
4. A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
5. Charcoal.
6. Content of low quality.
7. (slang) Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.

Verb

1. To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).
2. To supply with coal.
3. To be converted to charcoal.
4. To burn to charcoal; to char.
5. To mark or delineate with charcoal.

Adj

1. Failing to be humorous or of extremely poor quality.
2. Black like coal; coal-black.

Verb

To post low-quality content online.

Synonyms

charcoal

carbon

ember

char

become charred

embers

coke

black diamond

coals

fuel

gas

glow

heat

mine

oil

pit coal

reflection

seed

smolder

smoulder

be charred

burning coal

naturally occurring

carburise

wood charcoal

black coal

pitcoal

Chinese ink

anthracite

izle

anthrax

blaze

burn

carbonize

carbuncle

chemical element

clinker

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəʊl/

Etymology

From Middle English cole, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (compare West Frisian koal, Dutch kool, German Kohle, Danish kul), from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”). Compare Old Irish gúal (“coal”), Lithuanian žvìlti (“to twinkle, glow”), Persian زغال (zoğâl, “live coal”), Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval, “to burn, glow”), Tocharian B śoliye (“hearth”), all from the same root.