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1 ♦ coal
♦ coal /kəʊl/A n.1 [u] carbone (spec. fossile): a lump of coal, un pezzo di carbone; coal dust, polverino di carbone; to mine coal, estrarre carboneB a. attr.di carbone; del carbone; (alimentato) a carbone; carbonifero (geol., ind. min.): coal fire, fuoco di carbone; camino a carbone; coal pit, miniera di carbone; coal seam (o coal bed) strato carbonifero● coal-bearing, carbonifero □ coal-black, nero come il carbone □ coal box (o bucket), = coal scuttle ► sotto □ coal bunker, carbonile □ coal-burning, (alimentato) a carbone □ coal cellar, carbonaia □ coal-fired, (alimentato) a carbone □ (zool.) coal-fish ( Pollachius virens), merlano nero □ coal flap, botola di uno scivolo per il carbone ( sul marciapiede) □ coal gas, gas illuminante □ (GB) coal-hole, carbonaia; deposito del carbone □ (geol.) coal measures, serie di strati carboniferi □ coal oil, petrolio grezzo; ( USA) cherosene □ (stor.) coal owner, proprietario di una miniera di carbone □ coal scuttle, secchio (o cassetta) per il carbone □ (naut.) coal ship, nave carboniera □ coal strike, sciopero dei minatori di carbone □ coal tar, catrame di carbon fossile □ (zool.) coal tit (o coal titmouse) ( Parus ater), cincia mora □ (stor.) coal whipper, uomo (o macchina) che estrae il carbone ( dalla stiva d'una nave) □ coal worker, minatore di carbone □ (fig.) to blow the coals, soffiare sul fuoco □ (fig.) to carry coals to Newcastle, portare acqua al mare; portare vasi a Samo □ to haul (o to drag, to rake) sb. over the coals, dare una strigliata a q.; strapazzare q. □ to heap coals of fire on sb. 's head, fare arrossire q. ( facendogli del bene in cambio di male).(to) coal /kəʊl/A v. t.B v. i.1 (ind. min.) estrarre carbone2 (naut.) rifornirsi di carbone; far carbone● (naut.) coaling station, scalo per il rifornimento del carbone.
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Coal measures — Coal Coal (k[=o]l), n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coal measures — n. 1. coal beds or strata 2. sedimentary Carboniferous rocks that include coal bearing strata … English World dictionary
Coal-Measures — (spr. kōl méschers), aus Schiefertonen, Sandsteinen und Kohlenflözen bestehende oberkarbonische Schichten auf den britischen Inseln, s. Steinkohlenformation … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Coal Measures — British coalfields in the nineteenth century. The Coal Measures is a lithostratigraphical term for the coal bearing part of the Upper Carboniferous System. It represents the remains of fluvio deltaic sediment, and consists mainly of clastic rocks … Wikipedia
coal measures — Geol. 1. coal bearing strata. 2. (caps.) in Europe, a portion of the Carboniferous System, characterized by widespread coal deposits. [1655 65] * * * Major division of Upper Carboniferous (323–290 million years ago) rocks and time in Great… … Universalium
coal measures — coal′ meas ures n. pl. 1) gel coal bearing strata 2) gel (caps.) a portion of the Carboniferous System characterized by widespread coal deposits … From formal English to slang
Coal Measures Group — The Coal Measures Group is a lithostratigraphical term coined to refer to the coal bearing succession of rock strata which occur in Great Britain within the Westphalian Stage of the Carboniferous Period. The Coal Measures Group is preceded… … Wikipedia
Coal Measures — /ˈkoʊl mɛʒəz/ (say kohl mezhuhz) plural noun Geology 1. a portion of the carboniferous system in Europe or North America, characterised by coal deposits. 2. a portion of the Permian system in the Southern Hemisphere and India characterised by… …
coal-measures — n. pl. Bed of coal, strata of coal, carbomferous group … New dictionary of synonyms
coal measures — noun plural : beds of coal with the associated rocks varying in thickness from a few feet to several thousand feet and consisting of shales, sandstones, limestones, and conglomerates with interstratified beds of coal and occasionally of iron ore … Useful english dictionary
coal measures — noun plural Date: 1829 beds of coal with the associated rocks … New Collegiate Dictionary