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dice coal

dice coal noun: a kind of coal that easily splits into cubical fragments.

Noun

dice coal (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A kind of coal that easily splits into cubical fragments.
    • Rhomboidal coal (commonly called dice coal), in contradistinction to coals which do not break in rhombs.1804, James Sowerby, British Mineralogy

Questions about dice coal

What does dice coal mean?
Dice coal means a kind of coal that easily splits into cubical fragments.
What part of speech is dice coal?
Dice coal is a noun.

Words near dice coal in the dictionary

  1. dicdefs
  2. dice
  3. dice board
  4. dice box
  5. dice boxes
  6. dice coal
  7. Dice coefficient
  8. Dice coefficients
  9. dice divination
  10. dice divinations
  11. dice game

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