Meanings
nouncoal mine (plural coal mines)
plural coal mines · alternative coalmine
- A mine from which coal (such as lignite or anthracite) is mined.
Synonyms: colliery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mine from which coal (such as lignite or anthracite) is mined.
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Origin
- Middle Englishcoal mine
- Middle Englishcoal mine
- Englishcoal mine
Inherited from Middle English coal mine.
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Bengali কয়লাখনি
- কয়লাখনি (koẏlakhoni)a mine from which coal is mined
Chinese Mandarin 煤礦 /煤矿
- 煤礦 /煤矿 (méikuàng)a mine from which coal is mined
Danish kulmine
- kulminea mine from which coal is mined
Dutch kolenmijn
- kolenmijna mine from which coal is mined
Finnish hiilikaivos
- hiilikaivosa mine from which coal is mined
French mine de charbon, charbonnage
- mine de charbona mine from which coal is mined
- charbonnagea mine from which coal is mined
- houillèrea mine from which coal is mined
German Kohlebergwerk, Kohlemine
- Kohlebergwerka mine from which coal is mined
- Kohleminea mine from which coal is mined
Greek ανθρακωρυχείο
- ανθρακωρυχείο (anthrakorycheío)a mine from which coal is mined
Hungarian szénbánya
- szénbányaa mine from which coal is mined
Icelandic kolanáma
- kolanámaa mine from which coal is mined
Irish gualcha, mianach guail
- gualchaa mine from which coal is mined
- mianach guaila mine from which coal is mined
- gualmhianacha mine from which coal is mined
Japanese 石炭鉱区, 炭鉱
- 石炭鉱区 (sekitan-kōku)a mine from which coal is mined
- 炭鉱 (tankō)a mine from which coal is mined
Korean 탄광, 석탄광
- 탄광 (tan'gwang)a mine from which coal is mined
- 석탄광 (seoktan'gwang)a mine from which coal is mined
- 탄산 (tansan)a mine from which coal is mined
Norwegian Bokmål kullgruve
- kullgruvea mine from which coal is mined
Polish kopalnia węgla
- kopalnia węglaa mine from which coal is mined
Portuguese hulheira
- hulheiraa mine from which coal is mined
Russian у́гольная ша́хта
- у́гольная ша́хта (úgolʹnaja šáxta)a mine from which coal is mined
Spanish mina de carbón
- mina de carbóna mine from which coal is mined
Swedish kolgruva
- kolgruvaa mine from which coal is mined
Turkish kömür ocağı
- kömür ocağıa mine from which coal is mined
Welsh pwll glo, gwaith glo
- pwll gloa mine from which coal is mined
- gwaith gloa mine from which coal is mined
Yiddish קוילנגרוב, קוילן־מינע
- קוילנגרוב (koylngrub)a mine from which coal is mined
- קוילן־מינע (koyln-mine)a mine from which coal is mined
- קוילן־שאַכטע (koyln-shakhte)a mine from which coal is mined
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