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anthracite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | anthracite coal, hard coal |
| Type of | coal |
| Derivation | anthracitic |
Examples of anthracite
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The moisture content of fresh-mined anthracite generally is less than 15 percent.
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By 1795, an anthracite-fired iron furnace had been built on the Schuylkill River.
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Lovers in an illicit room can take on the gray scale and density of anthracite.
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On May 8 I stated that anthracite beans cannot be used in smoke-control areas.
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The way that both parties could benefit was to limit the production of anthracite.
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In America, culm is used as an equivalent for waste or slack in anthracite mining.
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More than 2,000 people were employed in the mining of anthracite coal in 1995.
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A majority of the anthracite miners opposed it then, vowed they would never pay it.
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The fire touched off a seam of anthracite coal underneath the thriving mining town.
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- A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat
- (anthracitic) relating to or resembling anthracite coal
- Anthracite is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster. It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest calorific content of all types of coal except for graphite.
- (Anthracites) Bionic Woman is an American science fiction television drama created by David Eick, under NBC Universal Television Group, GEP Productions and David Eick Productions that aired in 2007. ...
- A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals; hard coal
- A hard, shiny, black type of coal that burns without much smoke
- A hard coal containing little volatile matter.
- Coal of the highest rank; it is almost pure carbon and is used mainly for home heating and cooking in some developing countries industrial purposes.
- A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel; the hardest type of coal
