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      coal
      noun
      (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
      (countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
      (countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
      (countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
      Charcoal.
      (Internet slang) Content of low quality.
      (military slang, World War I– World War II) Bombs emitting black smoke on impact.
      Four townships in the United States, in Missouri, Ohio (2), and Pennsylvania, listed under Coal Township.
      An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
      An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, United States, named after early settler Stephen Coale.
      (slang, obsolete) Money.
      verb
      (transitive) To supply with coal.
      (intransitive) To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).
      (transitive) To burn to charcoal; to char.
      (intransitive) To be converted to charcoal.
      (transitive) To mark or delineate with charcoal.
      adjective
      Black like coal; coal-black.
      Synonyms for coal
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