coal field
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coal field
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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The area includes an abandoned coal field where two underground fires, fueled by coal deposits, have slowly burned over the years.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023
All the money will be used in the development of a promising new coal field in Australia, which represents Utah's largest single undertaking up to now.
From Time Magazine Archive
Europe's major coal field lies roughly in a great arc.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among other things, it bought a small coal field for the purpose, according to Kennecott, of assuring its own fuel supplies.
From Time Magazine Archive
We cannot reckon on a Plato, we cannot force an Aristotle, any more than we can command a fine harvest, or create a coal field.
From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry
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