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coalblack

coalblack 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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Origin of coalblack

From coal + black. From black as coal.

Questions about coalblack

What is coalblack the alternative form of?
Coalblack is the alternative form of coal black.

Words near coalblack in the dictionary

  1. coalbed
  2. coalbed methane
  3. coalbeds
  4. coalbin
  5. coalbins
  6. coalblack
  7. coalbox
  8. coalboxes
  9. Coalbrookdale
  10. Coalburn
  11. coalburner

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