Definition of Coal

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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.

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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

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

To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.
Roald Dahl

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
Malcolm Forbes

I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
William Shatner

I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.
Harrison Ford

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.
Jimmy Breslin

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.
James Lovelock

I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied.
Jeff Buckley

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

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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