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cannel

/ˈkænəl/

cannel noun: a bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.

Noun

cannel (countable and uncountable, plural cannels)

  1. A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.
    • Cannel is dull black in colour while boghead is dull brownish.2018, O. P. Gupta, Elements of Fuel & Combustion Technology, page 35

cannel meaning in Tamil and Arabic

cannel in Tamil

எரிமூட்டு நிலக்கரி

cannel in Arabic

Translations
فَحْم وَقَّاد faḥm waqqād

Synonyms of cannel

Forms of cannel

pluralcannels

Origin of cannel

Shortened from cannel coal, corruption of candle coal.

Phrases with cannel

Questions about cannel

What does cannel mean?
Cannel means a bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.
What is cannel in Tamil?
Cannel in Tamil is எரிமூட்டு நிலக்கரி. See Cannel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cannel?
Cannel is a noun.
How do you pronounce cannel?
Cannel is pronounced /ˈkænəl/.
What is the plural of cannel?
The plural of cannel is cannels.

Words near cannel in the dictionary

  1. canned rations
  2. canned response
  3. canned responses
  4. Cannedy
  5. Cannedys
  6. cannel
  7. cannel coal
  8. cannel coals
  9. cannel-coal
  10. Cannell
  11. cannella

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cannel (page history and authors); cannel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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