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coal field

American  

noun

  1. an area containing significant coal deposits.


Etymology

Origin of coal field

First recorded in 1805–15

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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

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

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

The miners of a certain coal field had suffered a severe cut in wages.

From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight

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