Coal

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Coal

Type

free base

Denotation

carbon-based rock burned as fuel, piece of wood or other combustible substance

Etymology

Middle English cole; Old English col

Evidence

anticoal, charcoal, coal, coalbag, coalbin, coalblack, coalbox, coalcutter, coaler, coalery, coalfield, coalfish, coalish, coalless, coallike, coalmonger, coalmouse, coalpit, coals, coalsack, coalshed, noncoal, seacoal

Notes

homophone of Cole

See Also

Coll