coalsack

English edit

Alternative forms edit

coal-sack, coal sack

Etymology edit

From coal +‎ sack.

Noun edit

coalsack (plural coalsacks)

A sack for carrying coal.
(astronomy) Any of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars.

Translations edit

a sack for carrying coal

Finnish: hiilisäkki
Irish: mála guail m

spaces in the Milky Way

Finnish: hiilisäkki
Maori: Manakouri, te Pātiki, Naha, te Ruapātiki, Te Rua o Māhu

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