"seacoal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From sea + coal. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sea|coal}} sea + coal Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} seacoal (uncountable)
  1. coal from inside the sea: mineral coal that washes up from the sea onto beaches, from which it can be collected and sold. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-seacoal-en-noun-7XG5B3gx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 23 23
  2. (historical, chiefly Southern England) coal from across the sea: mineral coal, as opposed to charcoal, in a time and place in which the former arrived by ship and the latter arrived overland (such as London in Elizabethan times). Tags: Southern-England, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Coal
    Sense id: en-seacoal-en-noun-M~8NsQOD Disambiguation of Coal: 23 33 22 22 Categories (other): Southern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 23 23
  3. (historical, technical, chiefly US) coal to be used at sea: a certain class of mineral coal, especially suitable for the steam engines of ships at sea and locomotives. Tags: US, historical, uncountable Synonyms: steam coal
    Sense id: en-seacoal-en-noun-YvT5MdJS Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 23 23 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
  4. (historical, technical, chiefly US) coal to be used at sea: a certain class of mineral coal, especially suitable for the steam engines of ships at sea and locomotives.
    Such coal used in foundry practice, intermixed with foundry sand or applied in a layer on its face, to modify the behavior of the molten metal.
    Tags: US, historical, uncountable Synonyms: steam coal
    Sense id: en-seacoal-en-noun-4NmShb1Y Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 28 23 23 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sea coal, sea-coal

Alternative forms

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