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COAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Synonyms:
coal; ember
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("coal" is a kind of...):
fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)
Derivation:
coal (burn to charcoal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coal" is a kind of...):
fossil fuel (fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content)
vegetable matter (matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant)
Meronyms (substance of "coal"):
atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coal"):
anthracite; anthracite coal; hard coal (a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat)
bituminous coal; soft coal (rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame)
brown coal; lignite; wood coal (intermediate between peat and bituminous coal)
steam coal (coal suitable for use under steam boilers)
Derivation:
coal (take in coal)
coal (supply with coal)
coal (burn to charcoal)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take in coal
Example:
The big ship coaled
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "coal" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
coal (fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Supply with coal
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "coal" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
coal (fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Burn to charcoal
Example:
Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
Synonyms:
char; coal
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "coal" is one way to...):
burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
coal (a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering)
coal (fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)
Context examples:
The coal replied: “I fortunately sprang out of the fire, and if I had not escaped by sheer force, my death would have been certain,—I should have been burnt to ashes.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Benzo(j)fluoranthene is primarily found in certain foods, cigarette smoke, gasoline exhaust, coal tar, coal smoke, oil heat emissions, crude oils and used motor oils.
(Benzo[j]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)
Benzo(b)fluoranthene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco and cigarette smoke, coal tar, soot, amino acids and fatty acid pyrolysis products.
(Benzo[b]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)
Benzo(k)fluoranthene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, cigarette smoke, coal tar, coal and oil combustion emissions, lubricating oils, used motor oils and crude oils.
(Benzo[k]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)
Of darkest color; producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue; being the color of coal or carbon.
(Black, NCI Thesaurus)
Carcinogenic hydrocarbons are often found in petroleum, natural gas and coal and are capable of causing cancer.
(Carcinogenic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)
Coal tar exposure leads to an increased risk of developing cancer of skin, lung, bladder, kidney and digestive tract as well as leukemia.
(Coal Tar, NCI Thesaurus)
Between one-third and one-half of all mercury stored in global soils — much of it likely from the burning of coal and other sources — is stored in tundra soils.
(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)
Coal tar pitch exposure leads to an increased risk of developing skin, lung, bladder, kidney and digestive-tract cancer as well as leukemia.
(Coal Tar Pitch, NCI Thesaurus)
These pollutants stem from chemical processes linked to oil exploration and transport, and are formed when coal, oil, wood, or tobacco is burned.
(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)
