Bovey coal
() A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor |
Caking coal
() See Coal. |
Canal coal
() See Cannel coal. |
Candle coal
() See Cannel coal. |
Cannel coal
() A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles. |
Coal
(n.) A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance |
Coal
(n.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. |
Coal
(v. t.) To burn to charcoal |
Coal
(v. t.) To mark or delineate with charcoal. |
Coal
(v. t.) To supply with coal |
Coal
(v. i.) To take in coal |
Coal-black
(a.) As black as coal |
Coal-meter
(n.) A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter. |
Coal tar
() A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas |
Coal-whipper
(n.) One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. |
Coal works
() A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal. |
Company
(n.) The state of being a companion or companions |
Company
(n.) A companion or companions. |
Company
(n.) An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. |
Company
(n.) Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family |
Company
(n.) Society, in general |
Company
(n.) An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business |
Company
(n.) Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title |
Company
(n.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men. |
Company
(n.) The crew of a ship, including the officers |
Company
(n.) The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. |
Company
(v. t.) To accompany or go with |
Company
(v. i.) To associate. |
Company
(v. i.) To be a gay companion. |
Company
(v. i.) To have sexual commerce. |
Day-coal
(n.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface. |
Kennel coal
() See Cannel coal. |
Mine
(n.) See Mien. |
Mine
(pron. & a.) Belonging to me |
Mine
(v. i.) To dig a mine or pit in the earth |
Mine
(v. i.) To form subterraneous tunnel or hole |
Mining
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mine |
Mine
(v. t.) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of |
Mine
(v. t.) To dig into, for ore or metal. |
Mine
(v. t.) To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging. |
Mine
(v. i.) A subterranean cavity or passage |
Mine
(v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging |
Mine
(v. i.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent. |
Mine
(v. i.) Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil |
Mine
(v. i.) Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good. |
Mining
(v. i.) The act or business of making mines or of working them. |
Mining
(a.) Of or pertaining to mines |
Sea coal
() Coal brought by sea |
| mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
treadmill
salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
mining
excavation | the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
| placer mining | mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging |
strip mining
opencast mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
| mining minelaying | laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment |
andrena
andrenid
mining bee | a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena |
claymore mine
claymore | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
| coal car | freight car with fixed sides and no roof, for transporting coal |
| coal chute | a chute for coal |
| coal house | a shed for storing coal |
coal mine
coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
| coal shovel | a hand shovel for shoveling coal |
| copper mine | a mine where copper is dug from the ground |
fire tongs
coal tongs | tongs for taking hold of burning coals |
floating mine
marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
goldmine
gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
| goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
land mine
ground-emplaced mine
booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
| magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
| mine | explosive device that explodes on contact, designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel |
| mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
| mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device, used to locate explosive mines |
| salt mine | a mine where salt is dug |
scuttle
coal scuttle | container for coal, shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire |
| silver mine | a mine where silver ore is dug |
steamship company
steamship line | a line responsible for the operation of a fleet of steamships |
| strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
sulphur mine
sulfur mine | a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground |
coal black
ebony
jet black
pitch black
sable
soot black | a very dark black |
| mining geology | the branch of economic geology that deals with the applications of geology to mining |
| company name | the name by which a corporation is identified |
| broadcasting company | a company that manages tv or radio stations |
car company
auto company | a company that makes and sells automobiles |
dotom
dot com
dot com company | a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com' |
drug company
pharmaceutical company
pharma | a company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals |
| East India Company | an English company formed in to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia, in the th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in after the Indian Mutiny |
| electronics company | a company that makes and sells electronic instruments |
| film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
| food company | a company that processes and sells food |
| furniture company | a company that sells furniture |
| mining company | a company that owns and manages mines |
| shipping company | a company that provides shipping services |
| steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
subsidiary company
subsidiary | a company that is completely controlled by another company |
| transportation company | a company providing transportation |
| trucking company | a company that ships goods or possessions by truck |
| company | an institution created to conduct business, he only invests in large well-established companies, he started the company in his garage |
consulting firm
consulting company | a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee |
publisher
publishing house
publishing firm
publishing company | a firm in the publishing business |