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COALFACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coalface mean?
• COALFACE (noun)
The noun COALFACE has 1 sense:
1. the part of a coal seam that is being cut
Familiarity information: COALFACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of a coal seam that is being cut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("coalface" is a kind of...):
face (a vertical surface of a building or cliff)
Holonyms ("coalface" is a part of...):
coal seam (a seam of coal)
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