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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kohl
Phonetic Transcription : koÊŠl

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Définition of coal

Origin :
  • Old English col "charcoal, live coal," from Proto-Germanic *kula(n) (cf. Old Frisian kole, Middle Dutch cole, Dutch kool, Old High German chol, German Kohle, Old Norse kol), from PIE root *g(e)u-lo- "live coal" (cf. Irish gual "coal").
  • Meaning "mineral consisting of fossilized carbon" is from mid-13c. First mentioned (370 B.C.E.) by Theophrastus in his treatise "On Stones" under the name lithos anthrakos (see anthrax). Traditionally good luck, coal was given as a New Year's gift in England, said to guarantee a warm hearth for the coming year. The phrase drag (or rake) over the coals was a reference to the treatment meted out to heretics by Christians. To carry coals "do dirty work," also "submit to insult" is from 1520s. To carry coals to Newcastle (c.1600) Anglicizes Greek glauk eis Athenas "owls to Athens."
  • noun bitumen
Example sentences :
  • Built on fear and run by fear, fear is as essential to their existence as coal to our industries.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In using this device, only a coal or a wood stove is practical.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Should a coal fall into the dripping-pan take it out immediately.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • It'd be cheaper than coal, I thought; that's why I invented it.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • There was also a large supply of gunpowder, ball, and shot, and coal and wood in abundance.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • The capital invested by this concern in the coal trade is about $250,000.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Fifteen hundred acres of coal land are owned in connection with these works.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • To produce this it is estimated that 225,000 tons of coal and coke were consumed.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • An' then there's the coal to be got in an' the ashes to be took out.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • They have coal, but even the wood to kindle the coal is imported.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

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