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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

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

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

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

Indeed, it was Thornton who discovered and first opened the Gallup coal field, and he held it until Victoria ran him out.

From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher