Synonym: char, ember. Similar words: coalition, go all out, coach, coast, coastal. Meaning: [kəʊl] n. 1. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period 2. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering. v. 1. burn to charcoal 2. supply with coal 3. take in coal.
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(151) The company, New England Electric, burns coal to generate power.
(152) A coal fell from the fire and burned the carpet.
(153) The General Strike in Britain in 1926 was caused by the lockout of coal miners.
(154) The miners put some explosives in the mine, to loosen the coal.
(155) The increase in gas-fired power stations means traditional coal ones are becoming surplus to requirements.
(156) I think we're being very short sighted in not exploiting our own coal.
(157) If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.
(158) The minister maintained that the coal mines were uneconomic and would have to be closed.
(159) The coal miners have come out for about two weeks.
(160) Explosions, though infrequent,(www.Sentencedict.com) are an occupational hazard for coal - miners.
(161) Do you burn coal as well as wood on this fire?
(162) This year's yield from the coal mine was very large.
(163) He worked in the notoriously unhealthy environment of a coal mine.
(164) In the first half of this year the total coal output rose by eighty per cent as compared with that of last year.
(165) It remains lunacy to produce yet more coal to add to power stations' stockpiles.
(166) The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating capacity.
(167) After two cold months, the coal shortage was beginning to bite.
(168) One truck involved in the accident was carrying a heavy load of coal.
(169) The coal industry has decided to computerize in the near future.
(170) By and by electricity will take the place of coal.
(171) The amount of carbon dioxide released by human activities such as burning coal and oil is small in comparison.
(172) She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes.
(173) Six coal pits were mothballed in the hope that they could be reopened in a time of better economic conditions.
(174) Most coal fields began life as swamps about 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period.
(175) Many miners have suffered from the effects of coal dust in their lungs.
(176) It's a bleak look - out for the coal industry as the number of pit closures increases.
(177) The coal gas has been odorized before supplying the users.
(178) The new coal cutter revolutionized the coal industry in the 1980's.
(179) If you live in a smokeless zone you have to use smokeless fuels instead of coal.
(180) The yearly output of coal was quartered in a year.