Adjacent Words
Luminousluminous energy
luminous flux
luminous flux unit
luminous intensity unit
luminous paint
Luminously
Luminousness
lumma
lumme
lummox
Lump
lump in one's throat
lump in throat
lump sugar
lump sum
lump together
lump-fish
lump-sucker
lumpectomy
Lumped
Lumpen
lumpen proletariat
lumpenproletariat
Full-text Search for "Lump coal"
2079
Lump coal definitions
|
| Tweet |
|
|---|
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Lump Lump, n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. `` A lump of cheese.'' --Piers Plowman. `` This lump of clay.'' --Shak. 2. A mass or aggregation of things. 3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. In the lump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross. They may buy them in the lump. --Addison. Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine. Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.
