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black coal

black coal noun: synonym of soft coal.

Noun

black coal (countable and uncountable, plural black coals)

  1. Synonym of soft coal.
    Synonyms:
    soft coal
  2. high-quality coal
    • The drop in 1918 was also a fall in the production of black coal. In other words he losses were in the best coal, the gains in the poorer coal1919, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's work, Volume 38
  3. coal

Synonyms of black coal

Forms of black coal

pluralblack coals

Questions about black coal

What does black coal mean?
Black coal means synonym of soft coal.
What part of speech is black coal?
Black coal is a noun.
What is the plural of black coal?
The plural of black coal is black coals.

Words near black coal in the dictionary

  1. black clam
  2. black clams
  3. black clergy
  4. black clock
  5. black clocks
  6. black coal
  7. black coals
  8. black cock
  9. black cockatoo
  10. black cockatoos
  11. black cocks

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