coal hole

名词 n.
/ˈkəʊlhəʊl/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cellar or other compartment for storing coal.
    — [T]he back door opened on to a paved yard, with a coal-hole beside the back gate that my grandmother topped up with a bit of judicious thieving for, unlike the other coal-holes along the terrace, ours was not entitled to the free hand-outs from the pits for miners' families.
  2. A hole in the pavement with a removable hatch, leading to an underground coal bunker.

词形变化

coal holes plural coal-hole alternative coalhole alternative

词源

From coal + hole.
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