Coal
noun
- 1.
- (a hard black mineral used for burning to supply heat, a piece or pieces of this substance, an ember, a charcoal) burn coal ធ្យូងថ្ម, hot coals រងើកភ្លើង, coal oil ប្រេងកាត
verb — past tense: coaled ; past participle: coaled ; present participle: coaling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to provide with coal) ផ្ដល់ធ្យូង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.
- 2.
- A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter.
verb — past tense: coaled ; past participle: coaled ; present participle: coaling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To burn to charcoal; to char.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To mark or delineate with charcoal.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.