coal plate
1coal-plate — coalˈ flap or coalˈ plate noun A flap or plate covering the entrance from the pavement to a coal cellar • • • Main Entry: ↑coal …
2coal-flap — coalˈ flap or coalˈ plate noun A flap or plate covering the entrance from the pavement to a coal cellar • • • Main Entry: ↑coal …
3plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …
4Coal Tit — Adult British Coal Tit, P. a. britannicus (note greenish grey back) Conservation status …
5Coal breaker — A coal breaking plant, depicted on a postcard in 1907. A coal breaker was a coal processing plant which broke coal into various useful sizes. Coal breakers also removed impurities from the coal (typically slate) and deposited them into a culm… …
6Coal ball — A …
7coal — coalless, adj. /kohl/, n. 1. a black or dark brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Cf. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite. 2. a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other… …
8Coal hole — A selection of coal hole covers from Gordon Square, London and surrounding streets A coal hole is a hatch in the pavement (sidewalk, in US usage) above an underground coal bunker.[1] They are sometimes found outside houses that existed during the …
9PLATE — GERMANY (see also List of Individuals) 5.9.1883 Bremen Walle/D 3.9.1967 Bremen/D Ludwig Plate initiated studies in 1903 at Strasburg University to graduate as a civil engineer from the University of Hannover in 1908. He accepted then a position… …
10coal — A lucky substance. It is regularly brought as one of the traditional gifts in *first footing on *New Year s Eve; some say this guarantees a warm hearth for the year, others that the main point is black for good luck (cf. *black). In… …
