how to pronounce coal

/ˈkoʊl/

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coal is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of coal in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… if you run a coal plant for the most …”

meaning of coal

Coal is a black, hard, combustible rock formed from plant remains.

coal frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word coal occurs in english on average 10.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.