单词 | coal pot |
释义 | > as lemmascoal pot coal pot n. †(a) a pot in which pieces of coal are stored (obsolete rare); (b) (chiefly Caribbean) a raised iron bowl for holding burning charcoal, now esp. one covered with an iron grid and used for cooking. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > container in which to store coal coal pot1681 coal box1701 coal scuttle1730 coal scoop1743 coal hod1781 hoda1825 coal skip1831 purdonium1847 scuttle1849 scoop1850 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xix. §43. 395 The coals are divisible by measure as they are raised out of the Coal-pot. 1844 Antigua & Antiguans II. xxxiii. 64 As long as the coal-pot continues burning, they believe the jumby cannot pass through the house. 1936 C. L. R. James Minty Alley xxvii. 187 The big three-decked stove was going, the coal-pots with food, the concrete below so hot that he could feel it through his slippers. 2012 Evening Standard (Nexis) 12 Dec. 59 Nothing equalled the aromas wafting from the coal pots at the idyllic Belmont estate in the green hills of St. Patrick's. < as lemmas |
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