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Noun: coal  kówl
  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 smouldering
    - ember
Verb: coal  kówl
  1. Supply with coal
     
  2. Take in coal
    "The big ship coaled"

Sounds like: cole, kohl

Derived forms: coaling, coaled, coals

Type of: fossil fuel, fragment, furnish, gather in, offer, provide, render, supply, take in, vegetable matter

Encyclopedia: Coal, Missouri