coalpit

Questions about coalpit

What does coalpit mean?

coalpit means "a mine where coal is dug from the ground".

How many syllables are in coalpit?

coalpit has 3 syllables and divides as co-al-pit under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for coalpit?

Close synonyms include coal mine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coalpit a common word?

coalpit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.