"coals" in the noun sense
1. coal
fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
2. ember, coal
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
"coals" in the verb sense
1. char, coal
burn to charcoal
"Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
2. coal
supply with coal
3. coal
take in coal
"The big ship coaled"
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