COAL Synonyms
There are 53 hypernyms of the word coal. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for COAL
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ember | nounn | |||||||
noun • a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering | ||||||||
carbon | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds • a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper • a copy made with carbon paper | ||||||||
charcoal | nounn | |||||||
noun • a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air • a stick of black carbon material used for drawing • a very dark grey color • a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material adjective satellite • of a very dark grey verb • draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | ||||||||
cinder | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire | ||||||||
fuel | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a substance that can be consumed to produce energy verb • provide with a combustible substance that provides energy • provide with fuel • take in fuel, as of a ship • stimulate | ||||||||
soot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink verb • coat with soot | ||||||||
char | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a charred substance • a human female employed to do housework • any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus verb • burn to charcoal • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color |