Phrase Hound found 146 phrases and 120 compound words that contain coal. The most common are listed below. Open coal in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 146
- coal mineA mine from which coal (such as lignite or anthracite) is mined.
- coal minesplural of coal mine: A mine from which coal (such as lignite or anthracite) is mined.
- Coal-mining
- coal blackOf an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
- coal gasThe poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking, etc. and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.
- black coalSynonym of soft coal: Bituminous coal, as distinguished from hard coal (anthracite).
- coal tarA black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and …
- mother of coalSynonym of fusain (“fossilized charcoal”).
- posted the coalsimple past and past participle of post the coal
- coal traina freight train which carries a single commodity: coal.
- steam coalA coal which has a grade between bituminous coal and anthracite, and which was once widely used as a fuel for steam engines in ships and locomotives.
- coal seamA stratum of coal between strata of other rocks.
- Coal CityA place in the United States:
- Coal CountyOne of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Coalgate.
- Coal CreekThe name of a number of streams in the United States.
- Coal PointA suburb of Newcastle in the Lake Macquarie council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- coal dropAn elevated railway track designed to allow material to fall freely between the rails onto the ground beneath. It is used to rapidly unload hoppers containing coal and other bulk materials.
- roll coalTo emit sooty exhaust fumes from a modified (diesel) engine (fad among anti-environmentalist American truck drivers).
- posting the coalpresent participle and gerund of post the coal
- burn the coalAlternative form of burn coal: Of a nonblack person, usually a woman, to seek sexual relationships with black people, usually men.
- coal dustAlternative form of coaldust: The dust of coal.
- coal holeA cellar or other compartment for storing coal.
- dirty coallignite
- small coalCharcoal.
- coal crackerA native or established resident of the traditional coal-mining area of northeastern Pennsylvania; a worker in the mines of this region.
Compound words 120
- collierA person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel).
- CowleyA placename:
- ColfaxAn English surname.
- coalfieldAny region containing deposits of coal that may be mined.
- collyBlack as coal.
- CoalvilleA town in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4213).
- coalfaceThe surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined.
- ColstripA city in Rosebud County, Montana, United States.
- coalfishAny of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
- coalsackA sack for carrying coal.