Definitions
Black or dark fuel rock formed from ancient plant matter and mined for energy.
Word origin
From Middle English col, from Old English col, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą (“coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).
Used in a sentence
“The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.”
“Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed.”
“Put some coal on the fire.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Black fuel from mines”4 letters
02“Black fuel rock”4 letters
03“Black mined fuel”4 letters
04“Black stove fuel”4 letters
05“Fuel from a mine”4 letters
06“Mined black fuel”4 letters
07“Black fossil fuel”4 letters
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