coalhole
/ˈkoʊlˌhoʊl/
noun
- A small opening or compartment in a building, often in the basement or outside, used for storing coal.
- The delivery man shoveled the coal through the coalhole into the cellar.
- The house still has a coalhole, though it now stores firewood.
- We found an old coalhole covered by a metal plate in the sidewalk.
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