Plural of coal
regular plural
The plural of coal is coals.
Forms of coal
| Singular | coal /kəʊl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | coals /kəʊlz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Coals in a sentence
- Put some coals on the fire.
- 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.
- The teacher hauled him over the coals for not doing his homework.From the entry haul someone over the coals
- Don't try this at home, but now I'm going to walk barefoot over the hot coals.From the entry don't try this at home
- She raked him over the coals for lying to her.From the entry rake over the coals
Meaning of coal
- noun A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
- noun A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof, as a fuel commodity ready to buy and burn.
- noun A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English).
Questions about the plural of coal
- What is the plural of coal?
- The plural of coal is coals.
- Is coal countable?
- Coal is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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