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. Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lovin:

   In that way, we can make sure more coal stays in the ground while at the same time making the remaining coal more expensive.

2. Sigmar Gabriel:

   I will not call for a commission to deal with a coal exit, my proposal would be for one to deal with the question how we create a modernisation shift in our macroeconomy out of the need to protect the climate.

3. Nikos Tsafos:

   I think the overarching objective of Europeans is to do things that don't undermine their climate strategy, so they would like to not use more coal unless they have to, but so far, what their strategy boils down to is to try to buy whatever gas they can find, and I think the risk of that, is this could put a lot of stress on the gas market.

4. Shelley Moore Capito:

   My solution would be to bridge the skills gap, such as coal to gas training, you have to give people a sense of hope that they have the tools to be able to diversify and stay in the community where they wish to live.

5. Laura Sonter:

   Climate change mitigation strategies must consider all sources of carbon emissions from an industry, not just focus on minimizing coal use, failing to do so in Brazil's steel industry caused significant deforestation of native forests for charcoal production and, as a result, actually increased industry emissions.