American English pronunciation
How to pronounce coals
IPA transcription: ['koʊlz]
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Noun
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fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
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a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Verb
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burn to charcoal
“Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything”
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supply with coal
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take in coal
“The big ship coaled”
Usage examples
- It was like heaping coals of fire on my head.
- With his bear feet, he walked over the hot coals.
- It was like heaping coals of fire on my head.
- At the same time hot coals were placed against the outside of the casting.
- Coals and bitumen shales are examples of sedimentary rocks rich in "sedimentary organic matter".