noun
seacoal
Seacoal (noun) means Coal from the sea: mineral coal that washes up from the sea onto beaches.
noun
1
Coal from the sea: mineral coal that washes up from the sea onto beaches.
2
Coal from across the sea: mineral coal, as opposed to charcoal, in a time and place in which the former arrived by ship and the latter arrived overland (such as London in Elizabethan times).
3
Coal to be used at sea: a certain class of mineral coal, especially suitable for the steam engines of ships at sea and locomotives.
4
Such coal used in foundry practice, intermixed with foundry sand or applied in a layer on its face, to modify the behavior of the molten metal.
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Etymology
From sea + coal.
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What is the meaning of seacoal?
"seacoal" (noun) means coal from the sea: mineral coal that washes up from the sea onto beaches.
What are the different meanings of seacoal?
"seacoal" has 3 main meanings: 1. Coal from the sea: mineral coal that washes up from the sea onto beaches; 2. Coal from across the sea: mineral coal, as opposed to charcoal, in a time and place in which the former arrived by ship and the latter arrived overland (such as London in Elizabethan times); 3. Coal to be used at sea: a certain class of mineral coal, especially suitable for the steam engines of ships at sea and locomotives.