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splent coal

splent coal noun: an inferior kind of cannel (coal) from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure.

Noun

splent coal (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) An inferior kind of cannel (coal) from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure.

Forms of splent coal

alternative formsplint coal

Questions about splent coal

What does splent coal mean?
Splent coal means an inferior kind of cannel (coal) from Scottish collieries, having a slaty structure.
What part of speech is splent coal?
Splent coal is a noun.

Words near splent coal in the dictionary

  1. splenotoxins
  2. splenotropism
  3. splenovenographies
  4. splenovenography
  5. splent
  6. splent coal
  7. splents
  8. splet
  9. splette
  10. spleuchan
  11. spleuchans

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