Results for coal

Definitions of coal:

part of speech: verb transitive

To furnish with coal.

part of speech: noun

A solid, black, combustible substance used for fuel, dug out of the earth.

part of speech: noun

A black, hard, combustible mineral, used as fuel.

part of speech: noun

Mineralised vegetable matter; a hard black mineral used as fuel.

part of speech: verb

To take in coal for the supply of a steam or sailing vessel.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To take in coal.

Usage examples for coal:

• Let us go back to the coal trade. "Britain for the British", Robert Blatchford

• A good deal of useless anxiety has been devoted to the questions: What will the human race do when the coal gives out? "Editorials-from-the-Hearst-Newspapers", Brisbane, Arthur

• We saw a good vein of coal to- day, about ten inches thick. "Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51", E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls

• Not much coal was dug in the Middle Ages. "The Romance of Names", Ernest Weekley