coal cellar
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcoalandcellar
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coal
noun[C or U]
uk/kəʊl/us/koʊl/
a hard, black substance that is dug from the earth in pieces, and can be burned to produce heat or power, or a single piece ...
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cellar
noun[C]
uk/ˈsel.ər/us/ˈsel.ɚ/
a room under the ground floor of a building, usually used for ...
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(Definition ofcoalandcellarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He mentioned two points, a passage and acoalcellar.
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I can understand an objection to an official being able to barge into someone'scoalcellar, but that is not what we are asking.
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Theircoalcellaris a bucket, which has to be replenished with coal bought at the rate of nearly £3 a ton.
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We have never had to keep the wireless set in thecoalcellaror shuddered at the step of the policeman.
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No one would heave it into hiscoalcellarat that price.
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There are two or three adjuncts,coalcellar, scullery, and so on, and the whole cost of the five cottages we put up was £340, or about £70 apiece.
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Of course, it stands to reason, if you have a place which has once been acoalcellar, it is most difficult to turn it into a sanitary workroom.
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One may be of no material value in shared accommodation; but in an extreme case, to deny somebody access to acoalcellarmight be a very real disadvantage.
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The porch has the flooring that was removed from thecoalcellarof the old church.
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She locks him in thecoalcellarand leaves him there.
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Being on a school board in those days meant doing everything from keeping the wood pile orcoalcellar stocked to painting the school and its outhouses.
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But that will always happen, because many people have no coal cellars, and they are unable to stock coal for a long period.
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They are in many cases quite unsuitable for the aged, as they have steep, narrow, dark stairs, outside sanitation and perhaps no running water, and no coal cellars.
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I now suggest before it is too late that we should now start gathering wood for the winter and filling garages and coal cellars with wood.
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At its greatest extent, between 1884 and 1952, the complex consisted of two boiler houses with condensing engines, a chimney, coal cellars, workshop, cooling pond, leat and underground reservoir.
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