Noun | 1. | coal - fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period |
2. | coal - a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire Synonyms: ember | |
Verb | 1. | coal - burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" Synonyms: char |
2. | coal - supply with coal | |
3. | coal - take in coal; "The big ship coaled" |