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(countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English).

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

(countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English).

Put some coals on the fire.
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  • “Fewer living Republicans every day. Hanging themselves on their bankrupt farms and paying out the nose for gas in their 'rolling coal' monster trucks. You fucking love to see it.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I infer you are quite relaxed about all the coal fired power stations being built in China & India.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Trump and his oil-and-coal oligarchy should face sanctions for their war on the environment www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Reform, Farage and Co, if elected, will pursue similar destructive policies.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Chrome silently installing a 4GB AI model (per HN) is the canary in the coal mine for local AI bloat. This won't stay optional – soon every app will ship default local models for "privacy", ballooning install sizes and RAM usage. The post-PC era is eating itself.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I infer the author is quite relaxed about all the coal fired power stations being built in China & India.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

(countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.

The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.
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  • “[AL JAZEERA] NINE WORKERS KILLED IN COLOMBIA COAL MINE EXPLOSION”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “You are simply denying reality. The UK for one (the home of coal fired power) has eliminated coal from electricity generation.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “And the lovely symmetry here shows that wind/solar are indeed replacing coal in practice.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Your stance seems to be that since we don't have 100% renewables in the space of 10 years, it can't be done. Globally, renewable energy production has now exceeded coal energy production in 2025. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The coal miners haven't been paid in something like 6m, them going on strike has always been a really bad sign for the government. I assumed they could stagger on another year or three, but who knows? Our war with Iran is expected to hurt them, not help.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.
Origin: From , from , from , from , from . Cognate with , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Compare , , , , , all from the same root. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Trump fumbling an attempt to prop up coal and gas/oil and instead forcing the world to move to alternatives would be the one tiny pinpoint of light in an otherwise endless void of misery.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Said it before and I'll say it again, COMICAL watching all the guys who insisted billionaires are the greatest threat to America and that liberals aren't anti-billionaire enough line up to cheer for a billionaire who invested hundreds of millions in Big Oil and Coal.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “OSRS coal outperformed Ethereum over the past year—42.65% growth vs 31.84%. In-game rocks beating one of the world's biggest cryptocurrencies. What a time to be alive.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “data centers are more like when coal and gas plants are built right next to undersupported towns and they sicken and worsen the lives of its residents”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I meant the power station ya daft bugger!🤣 I thought all the coal fired ones had been closed down, I used to drive past them on the 62 !”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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