coal

n.

1. Mineral fuel

   mineral coal, coke, fossil fuel; see fuel.

   Types of coal include: hard coal, soft coal, charcoal, brown coal, pit coal, lignite, tasmanite, subbituminous coal, cannel, anthracite, bituminous, coke, carbocoal, turf, peat, semianthracite, semibituminous coal.

2. Grades of coal include: broken, lump, chunk, egg, stove, nut, pea, rice, buckwheat, briquette, slack, duff, flaxseed, mustard seed.

3. An ember

   spark, live coal, brand, clinker; see embers.

haul<strong> or </strong>rake<strong> or </strong>drag over the coals</em>*