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coal town

coal town noun: a company town built by a mining company to house workers at a coal mine. These are usually unincorporated communities.

Noun

coal town (plural coal towns)

  1. (US) A company town built by a mining company to house workers at a coal mine. These are usually unincorporated communities.

Forms of coal town

pluralcoal towns

Questions about coal town

What does coal town mean?
Coal town means a company town built by a mining company to house workers at a coal mine. These are usually unincorporated communities.
What part of speech is coal town?
Coal town is a noun.
What is the plural of coal town?
The plural of coal town is coal towns.

Words near coal town in the dictionary

  1. coal seams
  2. coal tar
  3. coal tars
  4. coal tit
  5. coal tits
  6. coal town
  7. coal towns
  8. coal train
  9. coal trains
  10. coal worker's pneumoconiosis
  11. coal-based

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