coal seam,coal bed, coal rake, seam

BG Group has raised its hostile bid or Australian coal seam gas producer Pure Energy to 449 million pounds ($637 million), in a effort to beat out a rival bid from Royal Dutch Shell's Australian partner Arrow Energy.

coal bed
(′kōl ′bed) (geology) A seam or stratum of coal parallel to the rock stratification. Also known as coal rake; coal seam.



seam
n.

1. 1. A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.
   2. A similar line, ridge, or groove made by fitting, joining, or lapping together two sections along their edges.
   3. A suture.
   4. A scar.
2. A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.
3. A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.

v., seamed, seam·ing, seams. v.tr.

1. To put together with or as if with a seam.
2. To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.
3. To form ridges in by purling.

v.intr.

1. To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.
2. To purl.

[Middle English seme, from Old English sēam.]

seamer seam'er n.

発音 変化《動》seams | seaming | seamed レベル7 カナシーム、スィーム

━━ n. 縫い目, 継ぎ目; 割れ目; 傷あと; しわ; 【解】縫合線; ...

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━━ n. 縫い目, 継ぎ目; 割れ目; 傷あと; しわ; 【解】縫合線; 【地学】薄層.
be bursting [bulging] at the seams　はち切れるほどいっぱいで［満員で］.
come [fall] apart at the seams　ほころびる; 〔話〕 （組織などが）ばらばらになる.
━━ v. しわ（傷跡を）つける ((with)); 縫い［継ぎ］合わせる ((together)); 割れ目をつける［がつく］, （靴下などに）うね目を立てる.

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• 他動 〜を縫い合わせる、〜にしわをつける

• 名
• 1. 縫い目、閉じ目、継ぎ目
• 2. すじ傷