coal field

noun

1. an area containing significant coal deposits.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coal field¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

The area includes an abandoned coal field where two underground fires, fueled by coal deposits, have slowly burned over the years.

From Seattle Times

Nearly 140 years later two fires still smolder in the now-abandoned coal field near Boulder — the same area where a wildfire last month destroyed more than 1,000 homes and buildings and killed at least one person.

From Seattle Times

There is even a proposal for a new coal field in Cumbria, in northwest England, which would seem to cut against Britain’s climate aspirations.

From New York Times

They were among eight miners trapped about 1,000 feet underground when accumulating methane gas exploded at the coal field in Marwar in the province of Balochistan, the officials said.

From Reuters

Iftikhar Ahmed, a coal-mine inspector, said Saturday rescue workers were searching for the remaining two workers in the Shrag area of the Harnai coal field.

From Seattle Times