coal-burning

1. 1.

   fueled by burning coal

   “a coal-fired ship”

   Synonymscoal-fired

   Similarfueled

Questions about coal-burning

What does coal-burning mean?

coal-burning means "fueled by burning coal".

How many syllables are in coal-burning?

coal-burning has 4 syllables and divides as co-al--bur-ning under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for coal-burning?

Close synonyms include coal-fired. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.