coal in Afrikaans

coal in Afrikaans

What does "coal" mean?

1. noun A black or dark brown rock, formed from ancient plant matter, burned as fuel.
   "Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed."
2. noun A glowing or burnt piece of fuel, such as from a fire.
   "They roasted marshmallows over the glowing coals."

coal in a sentence

• Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed.
• The coal in this region was prized by ironmasters in centuries past, who mined it in the spots where the drainage methods of the day permitted.
• They roasted marshmallows over the glowing coals.
• Just as the campfire died down to just coals, with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed.

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