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coal pit
coal pot
coal scuttle
coal tar
coal-tar pitch
coal tit
coaler
coalesce
coalface
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coalface
coal·face [ kṓl fàyss ] (plural coal·faces)


noun 
Definition:
 
seam of coal being worked: the newly exposed rock surface in a mine, from which coal is being cut
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