Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coal town

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: coal -town
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A company town built by a mining company to house workers at a coal mine. These are usually unincorporated communities.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

coal towns (plural)

Questions

What does coal town mean?: A company town built by a mining company to house workers at a coal mine. These are usually unincorporated communities.

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