coal

coal
noun
1 black mineral
ADJECTIVE
clean, smokeless
hard
soft
brown
bituminous, coking
opencast (BrE)

opencast coal mining

… OF COAL
lump, piece
VERB + COAL
mine, produce
burn, use
shovel
COAL + VERB
burn
COAL + NOUN
fire
mine, pit

My grandfather worked in coal mines in England and Wales.

mining, production
merchant, miner
company, plant (esp. AmE)
industry
deposit, field (usually coalfield), seam

There are substantial reserves of methane gas trapped in coal seams in the area.

reserves
bucket, scuttle (both esp. BrE)
bunker, cellar (both esp. BrE)
dust, gas, tar

These men had spent their lives breathing coal dust.

a dye made from coal tar

2 (usually coals) burning pieces of coal
ADJECTIVE
burning, glowing, hot, live, red-hot
VERB + COAL
glow

Red-hot coals glowed in the fireplace.


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