1 to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc)

2 to bake

1 coal

1 charcoal

1 coke (processed coal used in blast furnace)

1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)

2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need

1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words

1 people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)

2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need