Synonyms for coal

Synonyms for (noun) coal

Synonyms: ember, coal

Definition: a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

Similar words: fragment

Definition: a piece broken off or cut off of something else

Usage: a fragment of rock


Synonyms: coal

Definition: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

Similar words: fossil fuel

Definition: fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content


Similar words: vegetable matter

Definition: matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant


Synonyms for (verb) coal

Synonyms: coal

Definition: take in coal

Usage: The big ship coaled

Similar words: gather in, take in

Definition: fold up

Usage: take in the sails


Synonyms: coal

Definition: supply with coal

Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish

Definition: give something useful or necessary to

Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater


Synonyms: coal, char

Definition: burn to charcoal

Usage: Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything

Similar words: burn, combust

Definition: cause to burn or combust

Usage: The sun burned off the fog; We combust coal and other fossil fuels


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