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small coals

small coals is the plural of small coal.

Meaning of small coal

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.

Questions about small coals

What is small coals the plural of?
Small coals is the plural of small coal.

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