coalfield
English
Noun
coalfield (plural coalfields)
- Any region containing deposits of coal that may be mined.
- 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
- The amount of coal despatched in the Western Region is about 24,000,000 tons a year, nearly all from South Wales, though the Region includes the Forest of Dean, N. Somerset, and part of the N. Wales coalfields.
Translations
region containing deposits of coal
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References
- “coalfield”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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