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coal pit

coal pit is the alternative form of coalpit.

Meaning of coalpit

Noun

coalpit (plural coalpits)

  1. A pit where coal is extracted.
  2. (US) A place where charcoal is made.
    • They may spring from a neglected campfire, kindled for cooking or warming, or from a coalpit where charcoal is being made1884, Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, Report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario

Forms of coal pit

pluralcoal pits

Questions about coal pit

What is coal pit the alternative form of?
Coal pit is the alternative form of coalpit.

Words near coal pit in the dictionary

  1. coal mine
  2. coal miner
  3. coal mines
  4. coal oil
  5. coal oils
  6. coal pit
  7. coal pits
  8. coal plant
  9. coal plants
  10. Coal Point
  11. coal pot

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