Coalname

• 1

  An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, United States, named after early settler Stephen Coale.

• 2

  An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

• 3

  Four townships in the United States, in Missouri, Ohio (2), and Pennsylvania, listed under Coal Township.

coalnoun/kəʊl/

• 1

  A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

  • The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.
  • Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed.
• 2

  A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

  • Put some coal on the fire.
  • Order some coal from the coalyard.
• 3

  A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)

  • Put some coals on the fire.
• 4

  A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.

  • hot coals
  • glowing coals
• 5

  Charcoal.

• 6

  Content of low quality.

  • I'm so sick of seeing this coal online.
• 7

  slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsBombs emitting black smoke on impact.

• 8

  obsoleteslangMoney.

coalverb/kəʊl/

• 1

  To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).

  • 1863, Colonial Secretary to Commander Baldwin, USN shortly after that she coaled again at Simon's Bay; and that after remaining in the neighbourhood of our ports for a time, she proceeded to Mauritius, where she coaled again, and then returned to this colony.
  • Our next stopping-place was Newcastle, and here we coaled in earnest, for the steamer was flying light, and was loaded up in every available place.
• 2

  To supply with coal.

  • to coal a steamer
  • January 1917, National Geographic Magazine, Volume 31 Number 1, One Hundred British Seaports Cruisers may be coaled at sea and provided with ammunition openly. The submarine may not
• 3

  To be converted to charcoal.

  • After the initial burn the goal of any good fire should be coaling; that is, creating a bed of solid coals that will sustain the fire.
  • As a result, particles of wood and twigs insufficiently coaled are frequently found at the bottom of such pits.
• 4

  To burn to charcoal; to char.

  • Char-coal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
• 5

  To mark or delineate with charcoal.

  • […] marvailing, he coaled out these rithms upon the wall near to the picture

coaladj/kəʊl/

• 1

  Black like coal; coal-black.

  • ... his coal hair / the corners of his warm smile / the blue of his gentle eyes. I wanted to explore him as Sir Francis Drake explored the New World. I wanted to tell my secrets to him as a Roman Catholic does in confession.
  • His coal hair streaked through the gushing of freezing air and the base of the silk robe fluttered splendidly. The Lord of Blood, adorned with glossy armor and atop a stalwart steed, appeared to have the opulence of a king. White hills[…]