1. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
   "The power plant burned coal to generate electricity"
    
2. A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smouldering
   "They roasted marshmallows over the glowing coals of the campfire";
   - ember

1. Supply with coal
   "The workers coaled the steamship before its departure"
    
2. Take in coal
   "The big ship coaled"

Sounds like: cole, kohl

Derived forms: coaling, coals, coaled

Type of: fossil fuel, fragment, furnish, gather in, offer, provide, render, supply, take in, vegetable matter

Encyclopedia: Coal, Missouri