Coal means: A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. Related words include render or provide. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Coal in practice.
Coal in a sentence
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Coal meaning
- A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
- A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
Synonyms of Coal
Example sentences (20)
Friis initially specialized in lignite, or brown coal, a precursor of black coal that forms from decaying vegetation.
So though the coal quality is not as good as Australian or US coal, we are getting it at a comparatively lower price.
The U.S. uses only 6.6% of the world’s coal, so coal consumption trends outside the U.S. are even more important.
Chubb has a policy on coal underwriting which prevents the company from taking on new coal clients, its website said.
They’re not the same as the coal company, but they’re the ones who sell the coal and they try a whole bunch of things.
He said once the Naini coal block becomes operational, it can contribute to 15 per cent of Singareni’s coal production.
This coal would be mined by Siegel’s former employer, Wolverine Fuels, which now controls most of Utah’s coal industry.
PacifiCorp's Hunter coal fired power pant releases steam as it burns coal outside of Castle Dale, Utah, on Nov. 14, 2019.
For reference, a coal scuttle is a metal container with a sloping lid used to carry coal for a domestic fire.
Oceanic Coal planned to develop an underground coal mine at Mitchell's Flat and bought land for that purpose decades ago.
In addition to representing a state where coal remains a powerful business, Manchin’s family a coal company.
They refuse to change their country's dependence on coal for export or update the coal-fired power plants.
Unfortunately, we get pilloried for favoring solar and wind over coal and get charged for favoring coal over renewable energy.
A West Midlands Fire Service spokesman told the Express & Star: "The fire involved coal dust in machinery used to produce coal.
China, which consumes half of the world’s coal, continues to build more coal plants at home and abroad.
It operates through six segments: Coal, Power Generation, Railway, Port, Shipping, and Coal Chemical.
Speaking on the occasion, Kishan Reddy favoured reducing coal imports and increasing coal production.
As seen on the chart below, when natural gas prices are high relative to coal, coal’s share of generation increases, and vice versa.
Around half comes from zinc mining, half from coal - but it's fly ash from having burnt the coal.
Warrior Met Coal, Inc produces and exports non-thermal metallurgical coal for the steel industry.
Phrases with coal
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Common combinations with coal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of coal 40×
- the coal 34×
- coal and 20×
- coal to 17×
- from coal 16×
- and coal 12×
- on coal 11×
- coal for 10×
- coal mines 10×
- coal ash 9×
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