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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

Long an outspoken opponent of the nonunion policy of the Colorado coal field, she got ready to fight it.

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

How different the children of the coal field looked to those along the creeks in the shady hollows of the Blue Ridge!

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

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