Steam engine need Crossword Clue

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Steam engine need Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. burn to charcoal
2. supply with coal
(noun)
1. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
2. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ENGINE (noun)
1. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
2. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
NEED (verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
NEED (noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CALO

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