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
Europe's major coal field lies roughly in a great arc.
From Time Magazine Archive
Geologists have already confirmed that it holds great quantities of iron and coal, including perhaps the world's largest coal field, running more than 1,500 miles along the Transantarctic Mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within that wedge lies the great eastern bituminous coal field.
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 John Henry Newman
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