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anthracite

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an·thra·cite  (nthr-st)
n.
A dense, shiny coal that has a high carbon content and little volatile matter and burns with a clean flame. Also called hard coal.

[Probably ultimately from Greek anthrakitis, a kind of coal, from anthrax, anthrak-, charcoal.]

anthra·citic (-stk) adj.

anthracite [ˈænθrəˌsaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a hard jet-black coal that burns slowly with a nonluminous flame giving out intense heat. Fixed carbon content: 86-98 per cent; calorific value: 3.14 ✕ 107-3.63 ✕ 107 J/kg Also called hard coal
[from Latin anthracītes type of bloodstone, from Greek anthrakitēs coal-like, from anthrax coal, anthrax]
anthracitic  [ˌænθrəˈsɪtɪk] adj

anthracite  (nthr-st)
A hard, shiny coal that has a high carbon content. It is valued as a fuel because it burns with a clean flame and without smoke or odor, but it is much less abundant than bituminous coal. Compare bituminous coallignite
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.anthracite - a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat
coal - fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
Translations
anthracite [ˈænθrəsaɪt] Nantracita f

anthracite [ˈænθrəsaɪt] nanthracite m

anthracite
nAnthrazit m

anthracite [ˈænθrəsaɪt] nantracite f

anthracite
n anthracite [ˈӕnθrəsait]
a kind of very hard coal that burns almost without any smoke or flames. antrasiet فَحْم صَلْب، فَحْم أنْثراسيت антрацит antracit antrasit der Anthrazit ανθρακίτης antracita antratsiit زغالسنگ آنتراسیت antrasiitti anthracite פֶּחָם אַנתרָצִיט कोयला antracit antracit antrasit harðkol antracite 無煙炭 무연탄 antracitas antracīts antrasit antraciet antrasitt antracyt antracite antracit антрацит antracit antracit antracit antracit ถ่านหินชนิดแข็ง antrasit 無煙煤 антрацит کوئلےکی ایک قسم than đá


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Grandfather loved a wood-fire far better than a grate of glowing anthracite, or than the dull heat of an invisible furnace, which seems to think that it has done its duty in merely warming the house.
Its vivid yellows fairly screamed aloud; its whites were as eider down; its blacks glossy as the finest anthracite coal, and its coat long and shaggy as a mountain goat.
Such is the Burning Mountain, on Powder River, abounding with anthracite coal.
 
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