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coal
 
Noun coal has 2 senses
  1. coal - fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
    --1 is a kind of     fossil fuel; vegetable matter
    --1 has substances: carbon, C, atomic number 6
    --1 has particulars:
     anthracite, anthracite coal, hard coal; bituminous coal, soft coal; lignite, brown coal, wood coal; steam coal
    Derived forms: verb coal1, verb coal2, verb coal3
  2. ember, coal - a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire
    --2 is a kind of fragment
    Derived form: verb coal1
Verb coal has 3 senses
  1. char, coal - burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
    --1 is one way to burn, combust
    Derived forms: noun coal1, noun coal2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. coal - supply with coal
    --2 is one way to     supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived form: noun coal1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. coal - take in coal; "The big ship coaled"
    --3 is one way to     take in, gather in
    Derived form: noun coal1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
coagulator coagulum coaine coakley coakley s coal-black coal-burning coal-tar creosote coal coal and coke coal and petroleum coal beds coal black coal car coal cars coal chute coal container

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