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“Coal” or “Cole” or “Kohl”

Overview

coal / cole / kohl are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

coal: (noun) fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period. (verb) supply with coal. (verb) take in coal.

cole: NA

kohl: (noun) a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.

Pronunciation

coal: k·OW·l

cole: k·OW·l

kohl: k·OW·l

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Examples in Context

Examples of “coal”

  • the energy of natural resources: coal, oil, gas.
  • energy in the form of coal, produced in ever-increasing amounts from
  • Kidwelly route was used for coal trains, resulting in the lifting
  • of a large vein of coal.
  • Hall began working at a coal mine at the age of
  • was destroyed by the brown coal open-cast mine around the Boxberg
  • the fuel, whether wood or coal.
  • The coal used was semi-bituminous and bituminous
  • on January 13, 1948.1943 Modern Coal Burning Steam LocomotiveThis invention was
  • of the Mercer Iron & Coal Company in 1865, director of

Examples of “cole”

  • studio album released by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.
  • Cole said, "I wrote [the song]
  • Lloyd Cole – guitar, vocals
  • Mainstream is the only Lloyd Cole and the Commotions release not
  • by Alonzo Church and Stephen Cole Kleene in the 1930s as
  • Cole, J. Preston.
  • MacIntyre Dixon as Cole Oyl
  • George Cole as Jim
  • "Big Snake" (lyrics: Cole, music: Ian Stanley) – 5:16
  • Category:Lloyd Cole and the Commotions albums

Examples of “kohl”

  • Kohl
  • Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) brought the conservatives back
  • date, #2 Wisconsin in the Kohl Center.
  • college hockey game at the Kohl Center was 10,668.
  • seen as a sign that Kohl pursued Ostpolitik.
  • Kohl is best known for orchestrating
  • crowd of 12,402 attended the Kohl Center.
  • Robert Kohl (1891-1944)
  • period of Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl (from 1982 through German reunification
  • record was set at the Kohl Center on Jan. 29, 2011.


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