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coal meter

coal meter is the alternative form of coal-meter.

Meaning of coal-meter

Noun

coal-meter (plural coal-meters)

  1. (UK, historical) A licensed or official measurer of coal; (especially in London) One responsible for supervising the loading, unloading, and weighing of coal to ensure accurate quantity and payment.

Forms of coal meter

pluralcoal meters

Questions about coal meter

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

Words near coal meter in the dictionary

  1. coal hammers
  2. coal hole
  3. coal holes
  4. coal merchant
  5. coal merchants
  6. coal meter
  7. coal meters
  8. coal mine
  9. coal miner
  10. coal mines
  11. coal oil

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coal meter (page history and authors); coal-meter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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