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COAL SCUTTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coal scuttle mean?
• COAL SCUTTLE (noun)
The noun COAL SCUTTLE has 1 sense:
1. container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
Familiarity information: COAL SCUTTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
coal scuttle; scuttle
Hypernyms ("coal scuttle" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
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