noun
1 black mineral
ADJECTIVE
▪ clean , smokeless
▪ hard
▪ soft
▪ brown
▪ bituminous , coking
▪ opencast ( BrE )
▪
opencast ~ mining
… OF COAL
▪ lump , piece
VERB + COAL
▪ mine , produce
▪ burn , use
▪ shovel
COAL + VERB
▪ burn
COAL + NOUN
▪ fire
▪ mine , pit
▪
My grandfather worked in ~ mines in England and Wales.
▪ mining , production
▪ merchant , miner
▪ company , plant ( esp. AmE )
▪ industry
▪ deposit , field (usually coalfield ) , seam
▪
There are substantial reserves of methane gas trapped in ~ seams in the area.
▪ reserves
▪ bucket , scuttle (both esp. BrE )
▪ bunker , cellar (both esp. BrE )
▪ dust , gas , tar
▪
These men had spent their lives breathing ~ dust.
▪
a dye made from ~ tar
2 ( usually coals ) burning pieces of coal
ADJECTIVE
▪ burning , glowing , hot , live , red-hot
VERB + COAL
▪ glow
▪
Red-hot ~s glowed in the fireplace.