wood coal

1. 1.

   intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

   Synonymslignitebrown coal

   Broadercoalhumate

   Narrowerjet
2. 2.

   a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

   Synonymscharcoal

   Broaderfuelcarbon

Questions about wood coal

What does wood coal mean?

wood coal means "intermediate between peat and bituminous coal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wood coal?

Close synonyms include lignite, brown coal, charcoal. 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.

Is wood coal a common word?

wood coal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.