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PRONUNCIATION OF COAL STRIKE

coal strike  [kəʊl straɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COAL STRIKE

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coal strike is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COAL STRIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coal strike in the English dictionary

The definition of coal strike in the dictionary is cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COAL STRIKE


antistrike
ˈæntɪˈstraɪk
awestrike
ˈɔːˌstraɪk
counterstrike
ˈkaʊntəˌstraɪk
flystrike
ˈflaɪˌstraɪk
grike
ɡraɪk
gryke
ɡraɪk
misstrike
ˌmɪsˈstraɪk
multistrike
ˈmʌltɪˌstraɪk
outstrike
ˌaʊtˈstraɪk
overstrike
ˌəʊvəˈstraɪk
poststrike
ˌpəʊstˈstraɪk
prestrike
priːˈstraɪk
Reich
raɪk
restrike
ˌriːˈstraɪk
shrike
ʃraɪk
skrike
skraɪk
strike
straɪk
thunderstrike
ˈθʌndəˌstraɪk
trike
traɪk
tryke
traɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COAL STRIKE

coal fire
coal gas
coal heaver
coal hod
coal hole
coal industry
Coal Measures
coal merchant
coal mine
coal miner
coal miner´s lung
coal mining
coal oil
coal pit
coal pot
Coal Sack
coal scuttle
coal tar
coal tit
coal yard

WORDS THAT END LIKE COAL STRIKE

air strike
bird strike
dock strike
first-strike
general strike
go-slow strike
hunger strike
lightning strike
out on strike
rail strike
red-backed shrike
relay hunger strike
rent strike
second-strike
sit-down strike
surgical strike
sympathy strike
take strike
ten-strike
token strike
wildcat strike

Synonyms and antonyms of coal strike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coal strike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COAL STRIKE

Find out the translation of coal strike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coal strike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coal strike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煤炭罢工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

huelga del carbón
570 millions of speakers

English

coal strike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोयला हड़ताल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

إضراب الفحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уголь забастовка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greve do carvão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কয়লা ধর্মঘট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grève de charbon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mogok arang batu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bergarbeiterstreik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石炭ストライキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

석탄 파업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serangan batu bara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đình công than
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலக்கரி வேலைநிறுத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळसा हड़ताल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kömür grevleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sciopero del carbone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strajk węgiel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вугілля страйк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grevă cărbune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απεργία άνθρακα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steenkool staking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kol strike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kullstreik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coal strike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COAL STRIKE»

The term «coal strike» is regularly used and occupies the 83.078 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COAL STRIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «coal strike» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «coal strike» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coal strike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COAL STRIKE»

Discover the use of coal strike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coal strike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Strike Like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance During the ...
In A Strike like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989–1990, Richard Brisbin offers a compelling study of the exercise of political power.
Richard A. Brisbin, 2002
2
Labor Rights are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in ...
The 1933 Gallup, New Mexico, Coal Strike The nearly four-month labor conflict of the coal miners of Gallup, New Mexico, was part of the huge miner upsurge in the spring and summer of 1933 following Roosevelt's newly implemented NRA.
Zaragosa Vargas, 2005
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
M6]5; UF Coal Strike, United States, 1977-1978 [Former heading; BT Strikes and lockouts—Coal mining— United ... Coal Strike, U.S., 1977-1978 Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 BT Strikes and lockouts—Coal mining— West Virginia Coal ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2005
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Wis., 1951 _ Coal mining (May Subd Geog) BT Coal mines and mining Strikes and lockouts-Miners — — Alabama NT Coal Strike, Ala., 1894 — — Colorado NT Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914 — — Great Britain NT Coal Strike, Great Britain, ...
5
When Coal Was King: Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry ...
Wargo, “The Great Coal Strike,” 68; Report of Royal Commissioner, 17. BC Federationist, 5 October 1912. On Crothers's visit to Nanaimo, see BC Federationist, 13 July 1912. The minister of labour had been taken on a “tour” of No. 1 mine at ...
John Hinde, 2011
6
The Military Occupation of the Coal Strike Zone of Colorado ...
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Anon, 2008
7
Through Jaundiced Eyes: How the Media View Organized Labor
... 28-Day Coal Strike" "Unusual Proxy Fight at Pittston" (with photo of arrest) " Pittston Dividend First in 6 Years" June "Thousand Walk Off Mining Jobs and Threaten a Wider Coal Strike" "Wildcat Coal Strike Being Linked to Union" "Coal Strike ...
William Puette, 1992
8
Coal, Crisis, and Conflict: The 1984-85 Miners' Strike in ...
The 1984 coal strike can only be understood in the context of the crisis to which it was a reaction. In this chapter the roots of the coal crisis are traced to NCB strategy since the 1973 oil crisis. Both the nature and the extent of the crisis are ...
Jonathan Winterton, Ruth Winterton, 1989
9
Theodore Rex
1937; Literary Digest, 24 May and 7 July 1902; Elsie Glück, John Mitchell: Miner ( New York, 1929), 111; Stewart Culin, A Trooper's Narrative of Service in the Anthracite Coal Strike, 1902 (Philadelphia, 1903), 36–37. See also Victor R. Greene, ...
Edmund Morris, 2010
10
Hired Hands Or Human Resources?: Case Studies of HRM ...
Robert Cornell, The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1957); Perry Blatz, Democratic Miners: Work and Labor Relations in the Anthracite Coal Industry, 1875-1925 (Albany: State University ...
Bruce E. Kaufman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COAL STRIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coal strike is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Attractions, roadside and natural, in Hocking Hills, Ohio
... scooped out half-shell - was the stage from which he addressed meetings with miners through the Hocking Valley coal strike of 1894-95. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Of Bo-Bos and fancy bridges
Traffic on the line declined, particularly following the 1921 coal strike, and the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s meant there was no ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
3
'Victims of the Herrin Massacre' book signing set Saturday
... men who came to Herrin in 1922 to work at a strip mine during a nationwide coal strike by members of the United Mine Workers of America. «The Southern, Jun 15»
4
Blessing of homes taking place
The website team would also love to obtain images from the Pennsylvania National Guard's occupation of Duryea in the fall of 1902 due to the coal strike which ... «The Sunday Dispatch, Jun 15»
5
Our History: Island mine strike fuelled wartime racism
Bowser had ordered the militia to suppress the bitter Vancouver Island coal strike in 1913, so his opponents were certainly characterizing him ... «Times Colonist, Jun 15»
6
Illinois town honors coal miners killed in 1922 massacre
The Herrin clash occurred amid a nationwide coal strike by the United Mine Workers of America and followed deadly strikes in West Virginia ... «Houston Chronicle, Jun 15»
7
Ministry sends report on low-bid coal blocks to inter-Ministerial panel
THE HINDU Khammam, Telangana,06/01/2015 : A open cast coal mine were deserted looks during Five-day coal strike at Yellandu in ... «Hindu Business Line, Mar 15»
8
NEWSMiners to Meet with Gay Activists to Mark End of 1980s Coal
... first survey uncovers widespread homophobia at UK sports events · NEWSMiners to Meet with Gay Activists to Mark End of 1980s Coal Strike. «GayLifeGazette, Mar 15»
9
Photos: Coal strike in Poland intensifies
Riot police form a defense line ahead of clashes with miners of the Jastrzebska Coal Company in Poland, Feb. 9, 2015. Andrzej Grygiel / EPA. «Al Jazeera America, Feb 15»
10
Miners' strike has been 'falsely mythologised' says right-wing historian
The series Adam Price a Streic y Glowyr (Adam Price and the coal strike) will also be shown again next week and the strike will be the focus of ... «WalesOnline, Feb 15»

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