Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coalfield

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: coal-field
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any region containing deposits of coal that may be mined.

Example Sentences

"The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields."
"The amount of coal despatched in the Western Region is about 24,000,000 tons a year, nearly all from South Wales, though the Region includes the Forest of Dean, N. Somerset, and part of the N. Wales coalfields."

Etymology

From coal + field.

Inflected Forms

coalfields (plural)

Questions

What does coalfield mean?: Any region containing deposits of coal that may be mined.
Where does coalfield come from?: From coal + field.

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