coal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
Types & categories
- fossil fuel hypernym
- vegetable matter hypernym
- anthracite hyponym
- bituminous coal hyponym
- wood coal hyponym
- steam coal hyponym
Parts & wholes
- carbon substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
burn to charcoal
Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything
Types & categories
- combust hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Types & categories
- fragment hypernym
Related & opposite
- char derivation
Sense 4 verb
supply with coal
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
- coal derivation
Sense 5 verb
take in coal
The big ship coaled
Types & categories
- gather in hypernym
Related & opposite
- coal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | char |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | carbon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fossil fuel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | vegetable matter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anthracite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bituminous coal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wood coal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | steam coal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ember |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | char |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | combust |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | char |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fragment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | coal |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | gather in |