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COAL MINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coal mine mean?
• COAL MINE (noun)
The noun COAL MINE has 1 sense:
1. a mine where coal is dug from the ground
Familiarity information: COAL MINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mine where coal is dug from the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
coal mine; coalpit
Hypernyms ("coal mine" is a kind of...):
mine (excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted)
Holonyms ("coal mine" is a part of...):
colliery; pit (a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it)
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