sea coal

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   pulverized bituminous coal; used as a foundry facing

   Broaderbituminous coal

Questions about sea coal

What does sea coal mean?

sea coal means "pulverized bituminous coal; used as a foundry facing".

Is sea coal a common word?

sea coal 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.