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Definition of Coal

Coal A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. To burn to charcoal; to char. To mark or delineate with charcoal. To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer. To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton. Related Definitions: Affording, Amount, And, As, At, Be, Black, Brownish, Burn, But, Carbon, Char, Charcoal, Charred, Coal, Coaled, Combustible, Compact, Consisting, Delineate, Dug, Earth, Extinguished, For, Fragment, From, Fuel, Heated, Ignited, In, Large, Like, Mainly, Mark, Matter, More, Of, Often, Or, Other, Solid, Steamer, Still, Substance, Supply, Take, The, Thoroughly, To, Used, Volatile, When, With, Wood

Coal Quotations Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid. John W. Snow People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters. Bill Gates For over 15 years, through the clean coal programs of the Department of Energy, the Federal Government has been a solid partner, working jointly with private companies and the states to develop and demonstrate a new generation of environmentally clean technology using coal. Tim Holden The coal industry has helped fuel this Nation for 150 years, and coal can be used to heat our homes, power our economy, and protect our Nation for at least another 150 years if we continue to use it. Tim Murphy

Coal Translations coal in Afrikaans is steenkool coal in Danish is kul coal in Dutch is kool, steenkool coal in Finnish is hiili coal in French is charbon coal in German is Steinkohle, Kohle, Kohle coal in Italian is carbone coal in Latin is carbo coal in Norwegian is kull coal in Swedish is stenkol, kol (sten-)

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