Overview of noun coal

The noun coal has 2 senses

• coal -- (fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)


• ember, coal -- (a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering)

Overview of verb coal

The verb coal has 3 senses

• char, coal -- (burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything")


• coal -- (supply with coal)


• coal -- (take in coal; "The big ship coaled")