burning coal
Hot black rock
Burning coal is coal that is on fire or actively combusting.
The phrase describes the fuel in its ignited state, producing heat and flame: The burning coal glowed red in the furnace.
Figuratively, something can be like a burning coal—intensely hot or emotionally searing: His words left a burning coal in her chest.
- cinderCombustion residue fragment
- smolderBurn without flame
- red hotExtremely heated or popular
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- crackleSharp snapping sounds
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