COALBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coalbin mean? 

• COALBIN (noun)
  The noun COALBIN has 1 sense:

1. a bin for holding coal

  Familiarity information: COALBIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COALBIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bin for holding coal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

coalbin; coalhole

Hypernyms ("coalbin" is a kind of...):

bin (a container; usually has a lid)

 Context examples 

Charcoal portraits came next, and the entire family hung in a row, looking as wild and crocky as if just evoked from a coalbin.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

To be sure, the hall was so narrow it was fortunate that they had no piano, for one never could have been got in whole, the dining room was so small that six people were a tight fit, and the kitchen stairs seemed built for the express purpose of precipitating both servants and china pell-mell into the coalbin.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)