cannel coal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of cannel, a form of bituminous coal that burns with much smoke.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It cannot be easily distinguished from the ordinary coal of our mines, and burns with a brilliant flame like the famous cannel coal."
- "Gerald was enthusiastic. After a while they shook hands, it being time to separate. And for a long time Selwyn sat there alone in the visitors’ room, absent-eyed, facing the blazing fire of cannel coal."
Etymology
Corrupted from candle coal.