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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 groundplay

  Familiarity information: COAL MINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COAL MINE (noun)


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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