coals
Glowing barbecue lumps
Coals are pieces of coal or, more commonly, glowing fragments of burned wood or fuel.
A fire burns down to coals when flames subside but heat remains: We roasted marshmallows over the coals.
To rake someone over the coals is to criticize them harshly.
To carry coals to Newcastle is to bring something where it's already abundant—Newcastle being a historic coal-mining center.
Hot coals appear in expressions about walking on fire or enduring discomfort.
Highest-grade coal variety
- bituminousContaining natural tar
- ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
- peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
- seamJoined fabric edge
colliery · mineshaft · pithead · coalface · slag · miners · extraction · shaft
English northeastern port city
Burning slowly, no flame
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- cindersPartly burned coal pieces
- charBurn without destroying
- glowingGiving off steady light
dying · flicker · spark · residual · cooling · flameless · banked · rekindling
Compressed combustible blocks
- grillCooking surface over fire
- smokerTobacco habit holder
- hickoryDense North American hardwood
- mesquiteThorny desert legume
sear · charring · smoke · flavor · grilling · cookout · brisket · ribs
Metal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- hammerTool for striking nails
blacksmith · metalwork · iron · steel · farrier · tempering · quenching · bladesmith
anthracite
Highest-grade coal variety
- bituminousContaining natural tar
- ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
- peatWaterlogged decomposed vegetation
seam · colliery · mineshaft · pithead · coalface · slag · miners · extraction · shaft · deposit
Newcastle
English northeastern port city
reprimand · shame · punishment
smoldering
Burning slowly, no flame
glowing · dying · flicker · spark · residual · cooling · flameless · banked · rekindling · afterglow
briquettes
Compressed combustible blocks
mesquite · sear · charring · smoke · flavor · grilling · cookout · brisket · ribs · pitmaster
anvil
Metal-shaping block
hammer · blacksmith · metalwork · iron · steel · farrier · tempering · quenching · bladesmith · foundry
fireplace
Indoor structure for burning
fireside · poker · grate · scuttle · tongs · hod · mantel · kindling · winter · evening
combustion
Exothermic reaction with oxygen
locomotive · stoker · bunker · thermal · energy · power · industry · heating · stove · gasification
- grillinggrill, searing, gas grill, charring, flame grilling
- Bonfireflames, fire pit, embers, firewood, logs
- smoldering thingsembers, smolder, incense, peat fire
- hookahshookah, waterpipe, narghile, hubble-bubble, bowl
- pit cookingearth oven, fire pit, pit roasting, kalua pig, mumu
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- coal mineUnderground fuel extraction site
- coal minerUnderground fuel extractor
- coal miningUnderground carbon extraction
- coal plantElectricity station burning fossil fuel
- brown coalYoung, soft fossil fuel
- coal dustPowdered carbon fuel remnant
coal, charcoal, charcoals, coalfield, coalman, coaling, coalfields, coalyard, coal-black