"coalsack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coalsacks [plural]
Etymology: From coal + sack. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|coal|sack}} coal + sack Head templates: {{en-noun}} coalsack (plural coalsacks)
  1. A sack for carrying coal. Translations (a sack for carrying coal): hiilisäkki (Finnish), mála guail [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-coalsack-en-noun-xKR1Ovhj Disambiguation of 'a sack for carrying coal': 99 1
  2. (astronomy) Any of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Bags Translations (spaces in the Milky Way): hiilisäkki (Finnish), Manakouri (Maori), te Pātiki (Maori), Naha (Maori), te Ruapātiki (Maori), Te Rua o Māhu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-coalsack-en-noun-bmeGC9gs Disambiguation of Bags: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'spaces in the Milky Way': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coal-sack, coal sack

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for coalsack meaning in English (2.7kB)

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