Definitions for coalkoʊl

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

coalkoʊl(n.)

a black or dark brown mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Category: Mining, Mineralogy
a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
Ref: charcoal (def. 1). 1
(v.t.)to burn to coal or charcoal.
to provide with coal.
(v.i.)to take in coal for fuel.

Idioms for coal:

rake or haul over the coals,to reprimand severely.
Category: Idiom

Origin of coal:

bef. 900; ME cole, OE col, c. OFris, MLG kole, OHG kol(o), ON kol

Princeton's WordNet

coal(noun)
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
ember, coal(verb)
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
char, coal(verb)
burn to charcoal
"Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
coal(verb)
supply with coal
coal(verb)
take in coal
"The big ship coaled"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

coal(noun)ʊl
hard black fuel
a coal fire; coal mining

Wiktionary

coal(Noun)
A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
coal(Noun)
A piece of coal used for burning. Note that in British English the first of the following examples would usually be used, whereas in American English the latter would.
coal(Noun)
A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
coal(Noun)
A smouldering piece of material.
Just as the camp-fire died down to just coals, with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed.
coal(Verb)
To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.
coal(Verb)
To be converted to charcoal.

Origin: cole, from col, from kulan, from gʷol- (compare Irish gúal ‘coal’, Tocharian B śoliye ‘hearth’, Persian زغال ‘live coal’), from ‘to glow, burn’ (compare Lithuanian žvìlti ‘to twinkle, glow’, Sanskrit ‘it burns’).

Webster Dictionary

Coal(noun)
a thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal
Coal(noun)
a black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter
Coal(verb)
to burn to charcoal; to char
Coal(verb)
to mark or delineate with charcoal
Coal(verb)
to supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer
Coal(verb)
to take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton