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单词 coal hole
释义

coal hole

English

Alternative forms

  • coal-hole, coalhole

Etymology

From coal + hole.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊlhəʊl/

Noun

coal hole (plural coal holes)

  1. A cellar or other compartment for storing coal. [from 17th c.]
    • 1976, Angela Carter, ‘The Mother Lode’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 3:
      [T]he back door opened on to a paved yard, with a coal-hole beside the back gate that my grandmother topped up with a bit of judicious thieving for, unlike the other coal-holes along the terrace, ours was not entitled to the free hand-outs from the pits for miners' families.
  2. A hole in the pavement with a removable hatch, leading to an underground coal bunker. [from 18th c.]
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