coal fire

Glowing black rocks

A coal fire is a fire that burns coal rather than wood or other fuel, typically in a fireplace or stove.

Once common for heating homes, coal fires are now nostalgic markers of an earlier era: the warm glow of a coal fire, sitting by the coal fire on winter evenings.

Related
  • hearthFireplace floor area
  • embersSmoldering fire remnants
  • grateFramework of metal bars
  • sootCarbon from incomplete burning
  • ashCombustion's powdery remains

flames · warmth · chimney · poker · tongs · crackling · smoke · kindling · bellows · mantel · glowing · cinders · blackened · cozy · winter · cold snap · kettle · fireside

Categories
Opposites
fuel/energy source

coal fireelectric heater

Plug-in warming device

electric fire · heat pump · solar heating · geothermal heating · gas fire

environmental impact

coal firesolar power

Energy derived from sunlight

clean energy · green energy · wind power · renewable energy · sustainable energy

temperature/thermal state

coal fireice

Water's solid form

cold · freezing · frost · chill · arctic cold

Family

coal, fire, coals, fires, fired, firing, fiery, fireplace, firewood

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G