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small coal

small coal noun: charcoal.

Noun

small coal (countable and uncountable, plural small coals)

  1. (obsolete) Charcoal.
    • We first declare, that Gunpowder consisteth of three ingredients, Saltpetre, Small-coal, and Brimstone.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5
  2. Small fragments of coal; slack.

Forms of small coal

pluralsmall coals

Questions about small coal

What does small coal mean?
Small coal means charcoal.
What part of speech is small coal?
Small coal is a noun.
What is the plural of small coal?
The plural of small coal is small coals.

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