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coalbox

coalbox noun: a box for storing coal.

Noun

coalbox (plural coalboxes)

  1. A box for storing coal.
    • I keep my gramophone records in old wooden coalboxes. Quite by chance a long time ago I discovered that old wooden coalboxes are exactly the right size and shape for keeping gramophone records in.1970, Books

Forms of coalbox

pluralcoalboxes

Origin of coalbox

From coal + box.

Questions about coalbox

What does coalbox mean?
Coalbox means a box for storing coal.
What part of speech is coalbox?
Coalbox is a noun.
What is the plural of coalbox?
The plural of coalbox is coalboxes.

Words near coalbox in the dictionary

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

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