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coal-black

coal-black is the alternative form of coal black.

Meaning of coal black

Adjective

coal black (not comparable)

  1. Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
    • Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes […]1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 110

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Questions about coal-black

What is coal-black the alternative form of?
Coal-black is the alternative form of coal black.

Words near coal-black in the dictionary

  1. coal train
  2. coal trains
  3. coal worker's pneumoconiosis
  4. coal-based
  5. coal-bearing
  6. coal-black
  7. coal-fired
  8. coal-hole
  9. coal-holes
  10. coal-meter
  11. coal-meters

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