coal
IPA: kˈoʊɫ
noun
- (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
- (countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
- (countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
- (countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
- charcoal.
- (Internet slang, 4chan slang) Content of low quality.
- An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, United States, named after early settler Stephen Coale.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
- Four townships in the United States, in Missouri, Ohio (2), and Pennsylvania, listed under Coal Township.
verb
- (Internet slang, 4chan slang) To post low-quality content online.
- (intransitive) To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).
- (transitive) To supply with coal.
- (intransitive) To be converted to charcoal.
- (transitive) To burn to charcoal; to char.
- (transitive) To mark or delineate with charcoal.
adjective
- (Internet slang, soyjak.party slang, 4chan slang) Failing to be humorous or of extremely poor quality.
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Examples of "coal" in Sentences
- The next stage in coal formation is _bituminous coal_.
- There are gradations from bituminous coal into _anthracite coal_.
- I look forward to someone from the MSM asking Grayson directly whether coal is at present, clean.
- Coal represents the last stage of the transformation of vegetable matter and the term coal covers a wide range of heat values and moisture contents.
- Google: +coal +efficiency for comparisons of old and new technology, in terms of energy produced for a given amount of coal turned to carbon dioxide.
- A variety of bituminous coal, called _cannel coal_, is characterized by an unusually high percentage of volatile matter, which causes it to ignite easily.
- The Confederate cruiser Florida was at Bermuda repairing and taking in coal from a Confederate vessel, a supply of that article having been refused by the authorities.
- Other health hazards specific to underground coal mining include coal dust, which can cause coal workers pneumoconiosis or anthracosis, often combined with silicosis.
- For let me tell you, all you demobilised wallahs who know only those countries where the necessities of life were matters of private enterprise -- let me tell you that in this village, if I say that I require coal, _coal is here_, and with it the Bürgermeister inquiring politely if my needs are satisfied.
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