coalhole
coalhole is the alternative form of coal hole.
Meaning of coal hole
Noun
coal hole (plural coal holes)
- A cellar or other compartment for storing coal.
- [T]he back door opened on to a paved yard, with a coal-hole beside the back gate that my grandmother topped up with a bit of judicious thieving for, unlike the other coal-holes along the terrace, ours was not entitled to the free hand-outs from the pits for miners' families.1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 3
- A hole in the pavement with a removable hatch, leading to an underground coal bunker.
Forms of coalhole
| plural | coalholes |
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Questions about coalhole
- What is coalhole the alternative form of?
- Coalhole is the alternative form of coal hole.
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