Definition of Coalbin

1. Noun. A bin for holding coal.

Exact synonyms: Coalhole
Generic synonyms: Bin

Definition of Coalbin

1. a bin for storing coal [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coalbin

coal shovel
coal tar
coal tar naphtha
coal tars
coal tit
coal tongs
coal worker's pneumoconiosis
coala
coalas
coalball
coalbed
coalbed methane
coalbeds
coalbin (current term)
coalbins
coalbox
coalboxes
coaled
coaler
coaleries
coalers
coalery
coalesce
coalesced
coalescence
coalescences
coalescency
coalescent

Literary usage of Coalbin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part VII. From Chesapeake Bay by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1895)
"coalbin Rock, a small spot with 18 feet of water over it, lies 114 miles W. j} S. from Sand Key Lighthouse aud is marked by a red and black horizontally ..."

2. The Art of Writing & Speaking the English Language by Sherwin Cody (1903)
"In such cases there is a strong tendency to run the two words into one, as coalbin, policeman, rosebush, etc Nouns followed by a present participle used as ..."

3. Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room: Useful to Engineers, Firemen by Nehemiah Hawkins (1903)
"The best arrangements for a boiler room floor is to have a coalbin, paved with stone flags, opening into the fire- room by a door, while the fire-room ..."

4. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1905)
"Two miles from our office, in a temple hardly as respectable as a coalbin is a crude red clay idol. Every May the Mahabir Fair is held there, ..."

5. Twenty Minutes of Reality: An Experience, with Some Illuminating Letters by Margaret Prescott Montague (1917)
"... spent and sacrificed down in the mines to dig out that very coal so that I can tend my furnace. I really love my coalbin (except when I see it lowering! ..."

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