Definition of "coalfields" [coalfields]

• Plural form of coalfield. (noun)

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• "Trouble in the coalfields is endemic and perpetual, like the "war" in Ulster and the timeless turbulence between Arabs and Jews."
• "Eighty per cent of our electricity is coal-generated and clustered around our coalfields are our aluminium producers."
• "This type of conversation is hardly limited to the coalfields of Appalachia."