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Meaning
Noun
●
A
black
or
brownish
black rock
formed
from
prehistoric
plant
remains
,
composed
largely
of
carbon
and
burned
as a fuel.
A type of
coal
, such as
bituminous
,
anthracite
, or
lignite
, and
grades
and
varieties
thereof, as a
fuel
commodity
ready
to
buy
and burn.
●
A
piece
of
coal
used for
burning
(this use is less common in American English)
●
A
glowing
or
charred
piece
of
coal
,
wood
, or other
solid
fuel.
●
charcoal.
Verb
●
To
take on
a supply of
coal
(usually of
steam ships
or locomotives).
●
To supply with coal.
●
To be
converted
to charcoal.
●
To
burn
to
charcoal
; to char.
●
To
mark
or
delineate
with charcoal.
Name
●
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.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
coal
English
cole
Middle English (1100-1500)
col
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Sol
Mol
Pole
Toll
Soul
Kohl
Bole
Dole
Bowl
Nole
Cole
Sole
Vole
Role
Hole
Mole
Sowl
Joel
Goal
Dole
Pole
Foal
Coal
Dhole
Droll
Thole
Troll
Shoal
Swole
Whole
Stole
Seoul
Parole
Patrol
Stroll
Scroll
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Console
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