Synonyms for coal
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1. coalnoun

   fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

   Synonyms:
   ember

2. ember, coalverb

   a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

   Synonyms:
   ember

3. char, coalverb

   burn to charcoal

   "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"

   Synonyms:
   blacken, sear, scorch, char

4. coalverb

   supply with coal

   Synonyms:
   char

5. coalverb

   take in coal

   "The big ship coaled"

   Synonyms:
   char

Matched Categories

1. • Burn
   • Fossil Fuel
   • Supply
   • Take In
   • Vegetable Matter

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1. coalnoun

   Synonyms:
   anthracite, bituminous, charcoal, culm, scoria, slack, ember

   Associated words:
   carbon, carboniferous, gobbing, strata, carbonize, carbonization, briquette, coke, brat, brattice, brettice

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1. List of paraphrases for "coal":

   charcoal, al-fahm, carbon, smut, anthrax, coals, carbone

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1. Conrad Schneider:

   Its a rule to increase emissions because its a rule to extend the life of coal plants, you invest in updating an old coal plant, it makes it more economic.

2. Maros Sefcovic:

   It's the biggest energy project since the Coal and Steel Community, it's a very deep energy transition.

3. Doug Wood:

   Will the mines bounce back ? No, the coal industry's kind of on its last leg.

4. Environment Minister Segolene Royal:

   What I've offered ... to Alstom is that the state aid that had been granted for coal should be used to invest in renewable energy.

5. Mike Henry:

   We continue to ship every tonne of coal that we produce so there hasn't been any impact.