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

See Also

Coll