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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024coal /koʊl/USA pronunciation n. - Mining, Mineralogy a mineral substance made of carbon, used as a fuel:[uncountable]Coal is formed from dead vegetative matter.
- a piece of glowing or burned wood or other combustible substance:[countable]a few coals still burning in the fireplace.
- [uncountable] charcoal.
Idioms- Idioms rake or haul over the coals, [rake/haul + object + over the + ~-s] to scold or reprimand severely:raked him over the coals for falling asleep on guard duty.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024coal (kōl),USA pronunciation n. - Mining, Mineralogya black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Cf. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance.
- charcoal (def. 1).
- Idioms heap coals of fire on someone's head, to repay evil with good in order to make one's enemy repent.
- Idioms rake, haul, drag, call, or take over the coals, to reprimand;
scold:They were raked over the coals for turning out slipshod work.
v.t. - to burn to coal or charcoal.
- to provide with coal.
v.i. - to take in coal for fuel.
- bef. 900; Middle English cole, Old English col; cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohle, Old Norse kol
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: coal /kəʊl/ n - a combustible compact black or dark-brown carbonaceous rock formed from compaction of layers of partially decomposed vegetation: a fuel and a source of coke, coal gas, and coal tar
- (as modifier): coal cellar, coal merchant, coal mine, coal dust
- one or more lumps of coal
- short for charcoal
- coals to Newcastle ⇒ something supplied where it is already plentiful
vb - to take in, provide with, or turn into coal
Etymology: Old English col; related to Old Norse kol, Old High German kolo, Old Irish gūalˈcoaly adj |