Synonyms for coal

Noun

1. coal, fossil fuel, vegetable matter

usage: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

2. ember, coal, fragment

usage: a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire

Verb

1. char, coal, burn, combust

usage: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"

2. coal, supply, provide, render, furnish

usage: supply with coal

3. coal, take in, gather in

usage: take in coal; "The big ship coaled"