coal

noun1 of 2

dark hard substance from the earth burnt as a fuel

• “There are people able to walk on hot coals.”Tatoeba
• “Simple economics is pushing coal out of markets it once dominated.”Tatoeba

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verb2 of 2

To be converted to charcoal.