"coal mine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coal mines [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English coal mine. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coal mine}} Middle English coal mine Head templates: {{en-noun}} coal mine (plural coal mines)
  1. A mine from which coal ore or coal minerals are mined. Wikipedia link: coal mine Categories (topical): Coal, Mining Synonyms: colliery (english: underground mine only) [UK], coalmine Derived forms: canary in a coal mine Translations (a mine from which coal is mined): ածխահանք (acxahankʻ) (Armenian), কয়লাখনি (koẏlakhoni) (Bengali), 煤礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 煤矿 (méikuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), kulmine [common-gender] (Danish), kolenmijn [common-gender] (Dutch), kolanám [neuter] (Faroese), hiilikaivos (Finnish), mine de charbon [feminine] (French), charbonnage [masculine] (French), houillère [feminine] (French), Kohlebergwerk [neuter] (German), Kohlemine [feminine] (German), ανθρακωρυχείο (anthrakorycheío) [neuter] (Greek), szénbánya (Hungarian), kolanáma [feminine] (Icelandic), carboniera (Interlingua), gualcha [feminine] (Irish), mianach guail [masculine] (Irish), gualmhianach [masculine] (Irish), 石炭鉱区 (sekitan-kōku) (Japanese), 炭鉱 (tankō) (Japanese), јагленоко́п (jaglenokóp) [masculine] (Macedonian), łeejin haagééd (Navajo), kullgruve [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kolgruve [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kopalnia węgla [feminine] (Polish), hulheira [feminine] (Portuguese), у́гольная ша́хта (úgolʹnaja šáxta) [feminine] (Russian), rudnik premoga [masculine] (Slovene), premogovnik [masculine] (Slovene), mina de carbón [feminine] (Spanish), kolgruva [common-gender] (Swedish), kömür ocağı (Turkish), houyire [feminine] (Walloon), tcherbonaedje [masculine] (Walloon), pwll glo [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), gwaith glo [masculine] (Welsh)

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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a mine from which coal is mined",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwaith glo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coal mine"
}

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