Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - coal
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Coal
coal
~ n 1 a black mineral which is dug from the earth and burnt to produce heat (Bring in some coal for the fire. | the coal industry) 2 C usually plural a piece of coal, especially one that is burning 3 carry/take coals to Newcastle BrE informal to take something to a place where there is already plenty of it available 4 haul/rake/drag sb over the coals to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
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(coals) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel. Gas-fired electricity is cheaper than coal... N-UNCOUNT 2. Coals are burning pieces of coal. It is important to get the coals white-hot before you start cooking. N-PLURAL ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English col, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse kol burning ember, Middle Irish gual ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a piece of glowing carbon or charred wood ; ember 2. char~ 1 3. a. a black or brownish-black solid combustible substance formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter without free access of air and under the influence of moisture and often increased pressure and temperature that is widely used as a natural fuel b. plural, British pieces or a quantity of the fuel broken up for burning II. verb Date: 1602 transitive verb 1. to burn to char~ ; char 2. to supply with ~ intransitive verb to take in ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a hard black or blackish rock, mainly carbonized plant matter, found in underground seams and used as a fuel and in the manufacture of gas, tar, etc. b Brit. a piece of this for burning. 2 a red-hot piece of coal, wood, etc. in a fire. --v. 1 intr. take in a supply of coal. 2 tr. put coal into (an engine, fire, etc.). Phrases and idioms coal-bed a stratum of coal. coal-black completely black. coal-fired heated or driven by coal. coal gas mixed gases extracted from coal and used for lighting and heating. coal-hole Brit. a compartment or small cellar for storing coal. coal measures a series of rocks formed by seams of coal with intervening strata. coal oil US petroleum or paraffin. coal-sack 1 a sack for carrying coal. 2 a black patch in the Milky Way, esp. the one near the Southern Cross. coal-scuttle a container for coal to supply a domestic fire. coal-seam a stratum of coal suitable for mining. coals to Newcastle something brought or sent to a place where it is already plentiful. coal tar a thick black oily liquid distilled from coal and used as a source of benzene. coal-tit (or cole-tit) a small greyish bird, Parus ater, with a black head: also called COALMOUSE. haul (or call) over the coals reprimand. Derivatives coaly adj. Etymology: OE col f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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уголь; каменный уголь - accessible coal - air-dried coal - allochthonous coal - anthracitic coal - ash coal - as-received coal - baking coal - barley coal - bedded coal - bituminous coal - black coal - blended coal - blind coal - boghead coal - bottom coal - bright coal - briquette coal - brown coal - burnt coal - caking coal - cannel coal - carbonaceous coal - cat coal - charge coal - clean coal - clinkering coal - close-burning coal - coarse coal - coking coal - decker coal - deep-mined coal - development coal - dirty coal - domestic coal - dull coal - fiery coal - fine coal - finely pulverized coal - flame coal - fouling coal - friable coal - hard coal - hard-cleaning coal - heavy-coking coal - high coal - high-ash coal - high-grade coal - high-moisture coal - high-quality coal - high-rank coal - high-sulfur coal - high-swelling coal - high-volatile coal - immature coal - in-situ coal - jet coal - lean coal - low coal - low-ash coal - low-caking coal - low-coking coal - low-grade coal - low-rank coal - low-sulfur coal - low-swelling coal - low-volatile coal - lump coal - mature coal - medium volatile coal - metal coal - metallurgical coal - metamorphized coal - micronized coal - mid-rank coal - mineable coal - noncaking coal - nonclinkering coal - noncoking coal - nonfouling coal - outcropped coal - powdered coal - power station coal - pulverized coal - raw coal - recoverable coal - run-of-mine coal - saleable coal - sandwiched coal - screened coal - semianthracite coal - short-name coal - simulated coal - sintering coal - slack coal - slate coal - slurry coal - smokeless coal - soft coal - solvent-swollen coal - specular coal - standard coal - steam coal - stone coal - subbituminous coal - sulfonated coal - sulfur coal - thermal coal - top coal - underground coal - undersize coal - unscreened coal - virgin coal - volatile coal - washed coal - waste coal - weak coal - wood coal ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. (каменный) уголь brown coal —- бурый уголь, лигнит drossy coal —- неспекающийся уголь hard (anthracite) coal —- антрацит altogether coal —- несортированный уголь coal getting —- выемка угля coal cutter —- врубовая машина 2. горящий уголь, уголек live coal —- тлеющий уголь a hot coal fell from the fire —- раскаленный уголек выпал из камина 3. pl. разг. уголь (топливо) to lay in coals for the winter —- запасти уголь на зиму coal hold —- мор. угольный трюм 4. ам. уст. древесный уголь Id: to be on hot coals —- как на угольях; сидеть как на иголках Id: to call smb. over the coals —- делать выговор, дать нагоняй; задать головомойку Id: to bear coals —- уст. выполнять черную работу; примириться с оскорблением, со своим унизительным положением Id: to carry coals to Newcastle —- возить уголь в Ньюкасл, заниматься бессмысленным делом ср. ездить в Тулу со своим самоваром 5. обугливаться 6. грузить углем 7. грузиться углем 8. жечь уголь, быть углежогом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) (каменный) уголь 2) уголек to call/haul over the coals - делать выговор; давать нагоняй to carry coals to Newcastle - возить товар туда, где его и без того много; ехать в Тулу со своим самоваром; заниматься бессмысленным делом (г. Ньюкасл центр угольной промышленности) to heap coals of fire on smb. s head bibl. - пристыдить кого-л., воздав добром за зло 2. v. 1) грузить(ся) углем 2) обугливаться ...Англо-русский словарь
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See: CARRY COALS TO NEWCASTLE, HAUL OVER THE COALS or RAKE OVER THE COALS, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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- O.E. col "charcoal, live coal," from P.Gmc. *kula(n), from PIE base *g(e)u-lo- "live coal." Traditionally good luck, coal was given as a New Year's gift in England, said to guarantee a warm hearth for the coming year. The phrase drag (or rake) over the coals was a reference to the treatment meted out to heretics by Christians. To carry coals to Newcastle (c.1600) renders Gk. glauk eis Athenas "owls to Athens." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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