Coal

What “Coal” means

Noun

1. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
2. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
3. A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
4. A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
5. Charcoal.

Verb

1. To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships or locomotives).
2. To supply with coal.
3. To be converted to charcoal.
4. To burn to charcoal; to char.
5. To mark or delineate with charcoal.

Adj

1. Black like coal; coal-black.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *ǵwl̥Hom Proto-Indo-European *ǵulHom Proto-Germanic *kulą Proto-West Germanic *kol Old English col Middle English col English coal 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”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kööl (“coal”), Saterland Frisian Koole (“coal”), West Frisian koal (“coal”), Cimbrian kholl (“coal”), Dutch kool (“coal; carbon”), German Kohle (“coal”), Limburgish Kǫe̩l (“coal”), Luxembourgish Kuel (“coal”), Vilamovian köła (“coal”), Yiddish קויל (koyl, “coal”), Danish kul (“coal”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish kol (“coal; carbon”), Jamtish kuł (“coal; carbon”), Norwegian Bokmål kol, kull (“coal”). Compare Irish and Scottish Gaelic gual (“coal”), Man

Business name ideas with “Coal”

Industries where “Coal” fits

We suggest this word for 5 business types and industries, including:

• All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
• Bituminous Coal Underground Mining
• Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
• Coal and Other Mineral and Ore Merchant Wholesalers
• Support Activities for Coal Mining