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black diamond

noun

  1. black diamonds, coal.


black diamond

noun

  1. another name for carbonado 2
  2. usually plural a figurative expression for coal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of black diamond1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

Ferdinand the Bull is an easy, hand-built blue square with one black diamond option.

Once the Summit Express gets the green light, a cornucopia of black and double black diamond runs comes into play.

Reitzell said some of the theories being floated as to what caused the avalanche, including the idea that the first group of skiers loosened “weak snow” during the initial runs down the black diamond G.S.

From the chair, he said, he saw a wave of snow start falling about 4 to 5 feet below where skiers drop in at the crest of GS Bowl, a black diamond run.

Everyone had to do this double black diamond in concert with each other, every person on the crew and the actors.

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