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coal drops

coal drops is the plural of coal drop.

Meaning of coal drop

Noun

coal drop (plural coal drops)

  1. An elevated railway track designed to allow material to fall freely between the rails onto the ground beneath. It is used to rapidly unload hoppers containing coal and other bulk materials.
    • The ladies remained at the house, while the men walked to the staith on the [River] Wear, and were shown the process of unloading the wagons into the keels by means of the coal-drop.1948 January and February, “Notes and News: Duke of Wellington's Early Railway Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 56
    Synonyms:
    staithe

Questions about coal drops

What is coal drops the plural of?
Coal drops is the plural of coal drop.

Words near coal drops in the dictionary

  1. Coal County
  2. coal cracker
  3. coal crackers
  4. Coal Creek
  5. coal drop
  6. coal drops
  7. coal dust
  8. coal gap
  9. coal gas
  10. coal hammer
  11. coal hammers

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