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COAL SCUTTLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does coal scuttle mean?

• COAL SCUTTLE (noun)
The noun COAL SCUTTLE has 1 sense:

1. container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

Familiarity information: COAL SCUTTLE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COAL SCUTTLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

coal scuttle; scuttle

Hypernyms ("coal scuttle" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

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