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coalsack

noun

Etymology

From coal + sack.

  1. derived from sacco
  2. derived from sac
  3. derived from σάκκος — “bag of coarse cloth”
  4. derived from saccus — “large bag”
  5. inherited from *sakkuz✻ — “sack”
  6. inherited from *sakku✻
  7. inherited from sacc — “sack, bag”
  8. inherited from sak
  9. compounded as coalsack — “coal + sack”

Definitions

  1. A sack for carrying coal.

  2. Any of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete…

    Any of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars.

  3. The dark nebula near the constellation of the Southern Cross.

The neighborhood

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