(UK, trademark) a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal.
(UK, trademark) a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK) A proprietary brand of smokeless fuel in the form of coal briquettes.
(countable) A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English).
(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
(countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
(historical, Britain) Coal from a pit: mineral coal mined from a mine, as opposed to charcoal or seacoal.