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COALFACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of a coal seam that is being cut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("coalface" is a kind of...):
face (a vertical surface of a building or cliff)
Holonyms ("coalface" is a part of...):
coal seam (a seam of coal)