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. Cameron McRae:

   We believe that we can make a good return at the current coal prices, any upside, is obviously good for us.

2. Cecil Roberts:

   Coal's not back. Nobody saved the coal industry.

3. Rajiv Kumar:

   Goyal is doing a fine job - he has brought a lot of energy to the coal and power sector, but I'm not sure he can do justice to the complex finance portfolio.

4. Tetsuya Fukuda:

   The biggest reason for participating in the Moatize project is to retain excellent quality metallurgical coal that is scarce globally, with the resource supercycle, we had been not able to buy any assets.

5. Ashley Burke:

   There is no need for a tax increase on the coal industry. The only reason borrowing has been necessary is for the government to essentially repay itself for accumulated interest payments on legacy debt from the 70s and 80s.