Definition of coal in English:

coal

noun kəʊlkoʊl

mass noun

1A combustible black or dark brown rock consisting chiefly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground seams and used as fuel.
two bags of coal
as modifier a coal fire
Example sentencesExamples
- The breathing of coal and rock dust causes black lung, the common name given to the lung diseases pneumoconiosis and silicosis.
- I went to a bad state school in a coal mining town in Australia.
- The plant burns lignite coal from the Maritsa Iztok mining complex and produces a large amount of sulphur dioxide.
- Burning brown coal, using new technologies, is effective and environmentally acceptable.
- Coal bed methane is a type of natural gas found in underground coal seams.
- China has introduced a tax on high-sulphur coals, and in Beijing established 40 ‘coal-free zones’.
- Wind energy simply cannot employ as many people as the coal industry currently does.
- This increase was in line with a growing demand for coal, especially as coal was used for fuel for steam vessels.
- How many people burn coal on open fires?
- Bituminous coal is found in seams of varying thicknesses.
- Other members of the committee wanted to build nothing more than a horse-drawn railway to bring cheap coal to York.
- A monument to mark Ingleton's coal mining heritage was officially unveiled this week.
- I would often dream of steering that train or even shovelling coal into its boilers.
- Every now and then the two firemen would shovel coal in to the boilers.
- New owners exploited coal reserves more actively and sought markets within and beyond their localities.
- Notice that the lower coal seam has vertical trees jutting out of it.
- And then there is the mystery of coal prices going up in global markets.
- And it offers tax credits for alternative fuels, including wind power and clean coal.
- Thus, an industrially valuable coal seam requires special conditions to accumulate.
- Surface mining began in the United States in the late eighteenth century, when farmers and others dug coal from exposed coal seams on hillsides and stream banks.
- Nine coal miners have been rescued following more than three days trapped underground.
1. 1.1British count noun A piece of coal.
  men were loading coals into a wagon
  Example sentencesExamples
  They were seated at the long table, and serving men were heaping coals upon the fire, and carrying bronze ewers about.
  Abraham bade Yitsak carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he himself carried a knife and the coals for starting the fire.
  Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves.
  The house was so named by its owner, whose granddaughter left the interest of her meagre savings of £50 to be spent on giving coals to the poor.
2. 1.2count noun A red-hot piece of coal or other material in a fire.
  the glowing coals
  Example sentencesExamples
  The fire was never lit in time, the chicken was black on the outside and raw on the inside, and the rain stayed away until just before the first prawn was thrown on the coals.
  Why is it possible for bare feet to touch red-hot coals without getting burned?
  Place the skewers over medium-hot coals (or on a hot griddle, indoors) and cook for about three to four minutes, turning regularly.
  Brush with a little olive oil and barbecue over medium hot coals for about four minutes on each side until well-browned, firm and hot all the way through.
  Hundreds looked on in amazement as more than 50 people defied their instincts and walked barefoot over hot coals.
  Walking on hot coals is not easy and Kashmiri coals are among the hottest.
  Red-hot coals provide uniform heat for quite some time and can be easily rekindled whenever needed.
  After crossing the smoking bed of glowing coals, the fire walkers put their feet into a small side pit filled with milk.
  Alternatively, mackerel or cod steaks can be wrapped in tinfoil with cumin and lime juice and given a quick blast on the coals.
  A dying fire burned nearby, its coals still glowing crimson.
  When the sun sinks over the western horizon, he claimed, these slopes glow fiery crimson like the coals of a roaring furnace.
  Faces of demons were cut into the vegetables, then a glowing coal was placed inside.
  Fifteen years ago I would have walked there over hot coals for the gig.
  If you are going to barbecue the beef, allow about 40 minutes for the coals to reach the right temperature.
  Finally, his neck stiff from looking up, the Professor returned to studying the glowing coals of the fire.
  Mike lit the barbecue on a low gas setting, allowed the coals to heat up and then cooked the ribs slowly.
  The coals should be glowing hot; the griddle should be at a medium-high heat.
  If barbecuing, allow 40 minutes for the coals to heat up.
  She saw the burning hot coals and wondered what torture they were going to submit her to.
  Throw some fresh thyme into the coals and proceed to cook the fish, turning periodically, or between sips of your chosen tipple.

verb kəʊlkoʊl

[with object]

1Provide with a supply of coal.
ships had to be coaled and supplied
Example sentencesExamples
- Each time it merely turned an engine around or coaled and watered it, such as when a yard engine came in for a crew change, the roundhouse was credited with a half-dispatch.
- It was shown in 1960 at Lambton shop track, with contractor's employee about to coal her up.
- It has been variously a careening (hull-cleaning) bay, a pirate haven, a Danish freeport, slave-market, a gun-running centre, steamship coaling station, US Naval Base and latterly a major cruise ship port.
- Likewise coal is often listed as a cargo as ships tried to deliver it to coaling stations all over the empire.
- Details range from swimming instruction for boy seaman recruits at HMS Ganges to how Naval vessels were coaled.
- The system of 27 Pyle-O-Lite floodlights were to be located on 3-120 foot galvanized steel towers as well as on top of both West Toronto and Lambton coaling plants.
- The United States wanted Japan to provide coaling stations for American ships in the new age of steamships.
- After coupling to the coach, No. 823 was coaled manually and then had to reverse down the shed road to be oiled and greased for the return journey.
1. 1.1no object Mine or extract coal.
  we have now finished coaling at the site
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nowadays coaling mining is merely a distant faded memory in most minds and of course the young cannot remember anything of the industry that once dominated the area.

Phrases

coals to Newcastle

Something supplied to a place where it is already plentiful.
Example sentencesExamples
- It smacks of taking coals to Newcastle but the Forestry Commission hopes it is on to a money spinner by sending wood to Scandinavia.
- It takes a certain kind of cheek for a Russian opera company to bring Carmen to Paris - the operatic equivalent of coals to Newcastle.
- Thanks to the poor harvest in France (it was just too hot over there) he actually exported some Wight garlic to a French company - truly an example of selling coals to Newcastle.
- Although it might sound a bit like selling coals to Newcastle, exporting daffodils to Holland is exactly what bulb growers in Britain are now doing.
- Carrying beer to Bierfest was on a par with carrying coals to Newcastle or water to the Thames.

haul someone over the coals

Reprimand someone severely.
bank chiefs are to be hauled over the coals by the Chancellor
Example sentencesExamples
- If a player steps out of line then he gets hauled over the coals by the FA.
- Yesterday the Assistant Speaker spent a lot of time in the House hauling me over the coals for apparently using unparliamentary language.
- I would hope Bertie has hauled him over the coals and, if he hasn't, it shouldn't be too late even now for him to do so.
- Having been hauled over the coals by both the media and the Treasury Select Committee for its disastrous investment policy, he is now determined to rebuild the firm's reputation.
- The bank was hauled over the coals last year for mortgage redemption penalties which left homeowners facing bills of tens of thousands of pounds.
- We got hauled over the coals by management for it - even though all the evidence showed us to be in the right.
Synonyms
admonish, reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the riot act to, give a piece of one's mind to

Derivatives

coaly

adjective ˈkəʊliˈkoʊli

If coaly or oily material is present in samples the DMSO may become very dark, but this does not appear to affect its effectiveness when re-used.
Example sentencesExamples
- This facies comprises interlaminated to interbedded, dark grey to black carbonaceous claystone and coaly stringers that often grade vertically and laterally into economically exploitable coal seams.
- A repeating sequence of fining-upward sediments commonly capped by coaly layers is indicative of fluvial sediments.
- Vitrinite reflectance data provide an estimate of maximum burial depth by optical assessment of the thermal alteration of coaly material.

Origin

Old English col (in the senses 'glowing ember' and 'charred remnant'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kool and German Kohle. The sense 'combustible mineral used as fuel' dates from Middle English.

The Old English word col meant ‘a glowing ember’ rather than the substance that burns. The expression haul over the coals is a metaphorical extension of what was once an all-too-real form of torture. Coal from Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England was abundant long before the Industrial Revolution, and to carry (or take) coals to Newcastle for something redundant has been an expression since the mid 17th century.

Rhymes

barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole

Definition of coal in US English:

coal

nounkoʊlkōl

1A combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.
as modifier a coal fire
Example sentencesExamples
- And it offers tax credits for alternative fuels, including wind power and clean coal.
- I went to a bad state school in a coal mining town in Australia.
- Nine coal miners have been rescued following more than three days trapped underground.
- Bituminous coal is found in seams of varying thicknesses.
- Surface mining began in the United States in the late eighteenth century, when farmers and others dug coal from exposed coal seams on hillsides and stream banks.
- The plant burns lignite coal from the Maritsa Iztok mining complex and produces a large amount of sulphur dioxide.
- How many people burn coal on open fires?
- This increase was in line with a growing demand for coal, especially as coal was used for fuel for steam vessels.
- Other members of the committee wanted to build nothing more than a horse-drawn railway to bring cheap coal to York.
- Burning brown coal, using new technologies, is effective and environmentally acceptable.
- Every now and then the two firemen would shovel coal in to the boilers.
- The breathing of coal and rock dust causes black lung, the common name given to the lung diseases pneumoconiosis and silicosis.
- Thus, an industrially valuable coal seam requires special conditions to accumulate.
- New owners exploited coal reserves more actively and sought markets within and beyond their localities.
- Notice that the lower coal seam has vertical trees jutting out of it.
- A monument to mark Ingleton's coal mining heritage was officially unveiled this week.
- China has introduced a tax on high-sulphur coals, and in Beijing established 40 ‘coal-free zones’.
- I would often dream of steering that train or even shovelling coal into its boilers.
- Coal bed methane is a type of natural gas found in underground coal seams.
- And then there is the mystery of coal prices going up in global markets.
- Wind energy simply cannot employ as many people as the coal industry currently does.
1. 1.1 A red-hot piece of coal or other material in a fire.
  the glowing coals
  Example sentencesExamples
  Faces of demons were cut into the vegetables, then a glowing coal was placed inside.
  A dying fire burned nearby, its coals still glowing crimson.
  She saw the burning hot coals and wondered what torture they were going to submit her to.
  The coals should be glowing hot; the griddle should be at a medium-high heat.
  Place the skewers over medium-hot coals (or on a hot griddle, indoors) and cook for about three to four minutes, turning regularly.
  Hundreds looked on in amazement as more than 50 people defied their instincts and walked barefoot over hot coals.
  Finally, his neck stiff from looking up, the Professor returned to studying the glowing coals of the fire.
  After crossing the smoking bed of glowing coals, the fire walkers put their feet into a small side pit filled with milk.
  Red-hot coals provide uniform heat for quite some time and can be easily rekindled whenever needed.
  When the sun sinks over the western horizon, he claimed, these slopes glow fiery crimson like the coals of a roaring furnace.
  Walking on hot coals is not easy and Kashmiri coals are among the hottest.
  Why is it possible for bare feet to touch red-hot coals without getting burned?
  The fire was never lit in time, the chicken was black on the outside and raw on the inside, and the rain stayed away until just before the first prawn was thrown on the coals.
  Fifteen years ago I would have walked there over hot coals for the gig.
  Throw some fresh thyme into the coals and proceed to cook the fish, turning periodically, or between sips of your chosen tipple.
  Mike lit the barbecue on a low gas setting, allowed the coals to heat up and then cooked the ribs slowly.
  If you are going to barbecue the beef, allow about 40 minutes for the coals to reach the right temperature.
  Alternatively, mackerel or cod steaks can be wrapped in tinfoil with cumin and lime juice and given a quick blast on the coals.
  Brush with a little olive oil and barbecue over medium hot coals for about four minutes on each side until well-browned, firm and hot all the way through.
  If barbecuing, allow 40 minutes for the coals to heat up.

verbkoʊlkōl

[with object]

Provide with a supply of coal.
ships had to be coaled and supplied
Example sentencesExamples
- The system of 27 Pyle-O-Lite floodlights were to be located on 3-120 foot galvanized steel towers as well as on top of both West Toronto and Lambton coaling plants.
- Likewise coal is often listed as a cargo as ships tried to deliver it to coaling stations all over the empire.
- The United States wanted Japan to provide coaling stations for American ships in the new age of steamships.
- After coupling to the coach, No. 823 was coaled manually and then had to reverse down the shed road to be oiled and greased for the return journey.
- It was shown in 1960 at Lambton shop track, with contractor's employee about to coal her up.
- Details range from swimming instruction for boy seaman recruits at HMS Ganges to how Naval vessels were coaled.
- It has been variously a careening (hull-cleaning) bay, a pirate haven, a Danish freeport, slave-market, a gun-running centre, steamship coaling station, US Naval Base and latterly a major cruise ship port.
- Each time it merely turned an engine around or coaled and watered it, such as when a yard engine came in for a crew change, the roundhouse was credited with a half-dispatch.

Phrases

coals to Newcastle

Something brought or sent to a place where it is already plentiful.
Example sentencesExamples
- It smacks of taking coals to Newcastle but the Forestry Commission hopes it is on to a money spinner by sending wood to Scandinavia.
- Thanks to the poor harvest in France (it was just too hot over there) he actually exported some Wight garlic to a French company - truly an example of selling coals to Newcastle.
- It takes a certain kind of cheek for a Russian opera company to bring Carmen to Paris - the operatic equivalent of coals to Newcastle.
- Although it might sound a bit like selling coals to Newcastle, exporting daffodils to Holland is exactly what bulb growers in Britain are now doing.
- Carrying beer to Bierfest was on a par with carrying coals to Newcastle or water to the Thames.

rake (or haul) someone over the coals

Reprimand someone severely.
Example sentencesExamples
- Having been hauled over the coals by both the media and the Treasury Select Committee for its disastrous investment policy, he is now determined to rebuild the firm's reputation.
- If a player steps out of line then he gets hauled over the coals by the FA.
- I would hope Bertie has hauled him over the coals and, if he hasn't, it shouldn't be too late even now for him to do so.
- Yesterday the Assistant Speaker spent a lot of time in the House hauling me over the coals for apparently using unparliamentary language.
- The bank was hauled over the coals last year for mortgage redemption penalties which left homeowners facing bills of tens of thousands of pounds.
- We got hauled over the coals by management for it - even though all the evidence showed us to be in the right.
Synonyms
admonish, reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the riot act to, give a piece of one's mind to

Origin

Old English col (in the senses ‘glowing ember’ and ‘charred remnant’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kool and German Kohle. The sense ‘combustible mineral used as fuel’ dates from Middle English.

单词	coal
释义	Definition of coal in English: coal noun kəʊlkoʊl mass noun 1A combustible black or dark brown rock consisting chiefly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground seams and used as fuel. two bags of coal as modifier a coal fire Example sentencesExamples The breathing of coal and rock dust causes black lung, the common name given to the lung diseases pneumoconiosis and silicosis. I went to a bad state school in a coal mining town in Australia. The plant burns lignite coal from the Maritsa Iztok mining complex and produces a large amount of sulphur dioxide. Burning brown coal, using new technologies, is effective and environmentally acceptable. Coal bed methane is a type of natural gas found in underground coal seams. China has introduced a tax on high-sulphur coals, and in Beijing established 40 ‘coal-free zones’. Wind energy simply cannot employ as many people as the coal industry currently does. This increase was in line with a growing demand for coal, especially as coal was used for fuel for steam vessels. How many people burn coal on open fires? Bituminous coal is found in seams of varying thicknesses. Other members of the committee wanted to build nothing more than a horse-drawn railway to bring cheap coal to York. A monument to mark Ingleton's coal mining heritage was officially unveiled this week. I would often dream of steering that train or even shovelling coal into its boilers. Every now and then the two firemen would shovel coal in to the boilers. New owners exploited coal reserves more actively and sought markets within and beyond their localities. Notice that the lower coal seam has vertical trees jutting out of it. And then there is the mystery of coal prices going up in global markets. And it offers tax credits for alternative fuels, including wind power and clean coal. Thus, an industrially valuable coal seam requires special conditions to accumulate. Surface mining began in the United States in the late eighteenth century, when farmers and others dug coal from exposed coal seams on hillsides and stream banks. Nine coal miners have been rescued following more than three days trapped underground. 1.1British count noun A piece of coal. men were loading coals into a wagon Example sentencesExamples They were seated at the long table, and serving men were heaping coals upon the fire, and carrying bronze ewers about. Abraham bade Yitsak carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he himself carried a knife and the coals for starting the fire. Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. The house was so named by its owner, whose granddaughter left the interest of her meagre savings of £50 to be spent on giving coals to the poor. 1.2count noun A red-hot piece of coal or other material in a fire. the glowing coals Example sentencesExamples The fire was never lit in time, the chicken was black on the outside and raw on the inside, and the rain stayed away until just before the first prawn was thrown on the coals. Why is it possible for bare feet to touch red-hot coals without getting burned? Place the skewers over medium-hot coals (or on a hot griddle, indoors) and cook for about three to four minutes, turning regularly. Brush with a little olive oil and barbecue over medium hot coals for about four minutes on each side until well-browned, firm and hot all the way through. Hundreds looked on in amazement as more than 50 people defied their instincts and walked barefoot over hot coals. Walking on hot coals is not easy and Kashmiri coals are among the hottest. Red-hot coals provide uniform heat for quite some time and can be easily rekindled whenever needed. After crossing the smoking bed of glowing coals, the fire walkers put their feet into a small side pit filled with milk. Alternatively, mackerel or cod steaks can be wrapped in tinfoil with cumin and lime juice and given a quick blast on the coals. A dying fire burned nearby, its coals still glowing crimson. When the sun sinks over the western horizon, he claimed, these slopes glow fiery crimson like the coals of a roaring furnace. Faces of demons were cut into the vegetables, then a glowing coal was placed inside. Fifteen years ago I would have walked there over hot coals for the gig. If you are going to barbecue the beef, allow about 40 minutes for the coals to reach the right temperature. Finally, his neck stiff from looking up, the Professor returned to studying the glowing coals of the fire. Mike lit the barbecue on a low gas setting, allowed the coals to heat up and then cooked the ribs slowly. The coals should be glowing hot; the griddle should be at a medium-high heat. If barbecuing, allow 40 minutes for the coals to heat up. She saw the burning hot coals and wondered what torture they were going to submit her to. Throw some fresh thyme into the coals and proceed to cook the fish, turning periodically, or between sips of your chosen tipple. verb kəʊlkoʊl [with object] 1Provide with a supply of coal. ships had to be coaled and supplied Example sentencesExamples Each time it merely turned an engine around or coaled and watered it, such as when a yard engine came in for a crew change, the roundhouse was credited with a half-dispatch. It was shown in 1960 at Lambton shop track, with contractor's employee about to coal her up. It has been variously a careening (hull-cleaning) bay, a pirate haven, a Danish freeport, slave-market, a gun-running centre, steamship coaling station, US Naval Base and latterly a major cruise ship port. Likewise coal is often listed as a cargo as ships tried to deliver it to coaling stations all over the empire. Details range from swimming instruction for boy seaman recruits at HMS Ganges to how Naval vessels were coaled. The system of 27 Pyle-O-Lite floodlights were to be located on 3-120 foot galvanized steel towers as well as on top of both West Toronto and Lambton coaling plants. The United States wanted Japan to provide coaling stations for American ships in the new age of steamships. After coupling to the coach, No. 823 was coaled manually and then had to reverse down the shed road to be oiled and greased for the return journey. 1.1no object Mine or extract coal. we have now finished coaling at the site Example sentencesExamples Nowadays coaling mining is merely a distant faded memory in most minds and of course the young cannot remember anything of the industry that once dominated the area. Phrases coals to Newcastle Something supplied to a place where it is already plentiful. Example sentencesExamples It smacks of taking coals to Newcastle but the Forestry Commission hopes it is on to a money spinner by sending wood to Scandinavia. It takes a certain kind of cheek for a Russian opera company to bring Carmen to Paris - the operatic equivalent of coals to Newcastle. Thanks to the poor harvest in France (it was just too hot over there) he actually exported some Wight garlic to a French company - truly an example of selling coals to Newcastle. Although it might sound a bit like selling coals to Newcastle, exporting daffodils to Holland is exactly what bulb growers in Britain are now doing. Carrying beer to Bierfest was on a par with carrying coals to Newcastle or water to the Thames. haul someone over the coals Reprimand someone severely. bank chiefs are to be hauled over the coals by the Chancellor Example sentencesExamples If a player steps out of line then he gets hauled over the coals by the FA. Yesterday the Assistant Speaker spent a lot of time in the House hauling me over the coals for apparently using unparliamentary language. I would hope Bertie has hauled him over the coals and, if he hasn't, it shouldn't be too late even now for him to do so. Having been hauled over the coals by both the media and the Treasury Select Committee for its disastrous investment policy, he is now determined to rebuild the firm's reputation. The bank was hauled over the coals last year for mortgage redemption penalties which left homeowners facing bills of tens of thousands of pounds. We got hauled over the coals by management for it - even though all the evidence showed us to be in the right. Synonyms admonish, reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the riot act to, give a piece of one's mind to Derivatives coaly adjective ˈkəʊliˈkoʊli If coaly or oily material is present in samples the DMSO may become very dark, but this does not appear to affect its effectiveness when re-used. Example sentencesExamples This facies comprises interlaminated to interbedded, dark grey to black carbonaceous claystone and coaly stringers that often grade vertically and laterally into economically exploitable coal seams. A repeating sequence of fining-upward sediments commonly capped by coaly layers is indicative of fluvial sediments. Vitrinite reflectance data provide an estimate of maximum burial depth by optical assessment of the thermal alteration of coaly material. Origin Old English col (in the senses 'glowing ember' and 'charred remnant'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kool and German Kohle. The sense 'combustible mineral used as fuel' dates from Middle English. The Old English word col meant ‘a glowing ember’ rather than the substance that burns. The expression haul over the coals is a metaphorical extension of what was once an all-too-real form of torture. Coal from Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England was abundant long before the Industrial Revolution, and to carry (or take) coals to Newcastle for something redundant has been an expression since the mid 17th century. Rhymes barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, droll, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole noun.1 phr. Definition of coal in US English: coal nounkoʊlkōl 1A combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel. as modifier a coal fire Example sentencesExamples And it offers tax credits for alternative fuels, including wind power and clean coal. I went to a bad state school in a coal mining town in Australia. Nine coal miners have been rescued following more than three days trapped underground. Bituminous coal is found in seams of varying thicknesses. Surface mining began in the United States in the late eighteenth century, when farmers and others dug coal from exposed coal seams on hillsides and stream banks. The plant burns lignite coal from the Maritsa Iztok mining complex and produces a large amount of sulphur dioxide. How many people burn coal on open fires? This increase was in line with a growing demand for coal, especially as coal was used for fuel for steam vessels. Other members of the committee wanted to build nothing more than a horse-drawn railway to bring cheap coal to York. Burning brown coal, using new technologies, is effective and environmentally acceptable. Every now and then the two firemen would shovel coal in to the boilers. The breathing of coal and rock dust causes black lung, the common name given to the lung diseases pneumoconiosis and silicosis. Thus, an industrially valuable coal seam requires special conditions to accumulate. New owners exploited coal reserves more actively and sought markets within and beyond their localities. Notice that the lower coal seam has vertical trees jutting out of it. A monument to mark Ingleton's coal mining heritage was officially unveiled this week. China has introduced a tax on high-sulphur coals, and in Beijing established 40 ‘coal-free zones’. I would often dream of steering that train or even shovelling coal into its boilers. Coal bed methane is a type of natural gas found in underground coal seams. And then there is the mystery of coal prices going up in global markets. Wind energy simply cannot employ as many people as the coal industry currently does. 1.1 A red-hot piece of coal or other material in a fire. the glowing coals Example sentencesExamples Faces of demons were cut into the vegetables, then a glowing coal was placed inside. A dying fire burned nearby, its coals still glowing crimson. She saw the burning hot coals and wondered what torture they were going to submit her to. The coals should be glowing hot; the griddle should be at a medium-high heat. Place the skewers over medium-hot coals (or on a hot griddle, indoors) and cook for about three to four minutes, turning regularly. Hundreds looked on in amazement as more than 50 people defied their instincts and walked barefoot over hot coals. Finally, his neck stiff from looking up, the Professor returned to studying the glowing coals of the fire. After crossing the smoking bed of glowing coals, the fire walkers put their feet into a small side pit filled with milk. Red-hot coals provide uniform heat for quite some time and can be easily rekindled whenever needed. When the sun sinks over the western horizon, he claimed, these slopes glow fiery crimson like the coals of a roaring furnace. Walking on hot coals is not easy and Kashmiri coals are among the hottest. Why is it possible for bare feet to touch red-hot coals without getting burned? The fire was never lit in time, the chicken was black on the outside and raw on the inside, and the rain stayed away until just before the first prawn was thrown on the coals. Fifteen years ago I would have walked there over hot coals for the gig. Throw some fresh thyme into the coals and proceed to cook the fish, turning periodically, or between sips of your chosen tipple. Mike lit the barbecue on a low gas setting, allowed the coals to heat up and then cooked the ribs slowly. If you are going to barbecue the beef, allow about 40 minutes for the coals to reach the right temperature. Alternatively, mackerel or cod steaks can be wrapped in tinfoil with cumin and lime juice and given a quick blast on the coals. Brush with a little olive oil and barbecue over medium hot coals for about four minutes on each side until well-browned, firm and hot all the way through. If barbecuing, allow 40 minutes for the coals to heat up. verbkoʊlkōl [with object] Provide with a supply of coal. ships had to be coaled and supplied Example sentencesExamples The system of 27 Pyle-O-Lite floodlights were to be located on 3-120 foot galvanized steel towers as well as on top of both West Toronto and Lambton coaling plants. Likewise coal is often listed as a cargo as ships tried to deliver it to coaling stations all over the empire. The United States wanted Japan to provide coaling stations for American ships in the new age of steamships. After coupling to the coach, No. 823 was coaled manually and then had to reverse down the shed road to be oiled and greased for the return journey. It was shown in 1960 at Lambton shop track, with contractor's employee about to coal her up. Details range from swimming instruction for boy seaman recruits at HMS Ganges to how Naval vessels were coaled. It has been variously a careening (hull-cleaning) bay, a pirate haven, a Danish freeport, slave-market, a gun-running centre, steamship coaling station, US Naval Base and latterly a major cruise ship port. Each time it merely turned an engine around or coaled and watered it, such as when a yard engine came in for a crew change, the roundhouse was credited with a half-dispatch. Phrases coals to Newcastle Something brought or sent to a place where it is already plentiful. Example sentencesExamples It smacks of taking coals to Newcastle but the Forestry Commission hopes it is on to a money spinner by sending wood to Scandinavia. Thanks to the poor harvest in France (it was just too hot over there) he actually exported some Wight garlic to a French company - truly an example of selling coals to Newcastle. It takes a certain kind of cheek for a Russian opera company to bring Carmen to Paris - the operatic equivalent of coals to Newcastle. Although it might sound a bit like selling coals to Newcastle, exporting daffodils to Holland is exactly what bulb growers in Britain are now doing. Carrying beer to Bierfest was on a par with carrying coals to Newcastle or water to the Thames. rake (or haul) someone over the coals Reprimand someone severely. Example sentencesExamples Having been hauled over the coals by both the media and the Treasury Select Committee for its disastrous investment policy, he is now determined to rebuild the firm's reputation. If a player steps out of line then he gets hauled over the coals by the FA. I would hope Bertie has hauled him over the coals and, if he hasn't, it shouldn't be too late even now for him to do so. Yesterday the Assistant Speaker spent a lot of time in the House hauling me over the coals for apparently using unparliamentary language. The bank was hauled over the coals last year for mortgage redemption penalties which left homeowners facing bills of tens of thousands of pounds. We got hauled over the coals by management for it - even though all the evidence showed us to be in the right. Synonyms admonish, reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take to task, pull up, read the riot act to, give a piece of one's mind to Origin Old English col (in the senses ‘glowing ember’ and ‘charred remnant’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kool and German Kohle. The sense ‘combustible mineral used as fuel’ dates from Middle English. noun.1 phr.
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