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anthracite

[ an-thruh-sahyt ]

noun

  1. a mineral coal containing little of the volatile hydrocarbons and burning almost without flame; hard coal.


anthracite

/ ˈænθrəˌsaɪt; ˌænθrəˈsɪtɪk /

noun

  1. 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 × 10 7–3.63 × 10 7J/kg Also calledhard coal
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anthracite

/ ănthrə-sīt′ /

  1. 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.


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Derived Forms

  • anthracitic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • an·thra·cit·ic [an-thr, uh, -, sit, -ik], an·thra·cit·ous [an, -thr, uh, -sahy-t, uh, s], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthracite1

1810–15; probably < French < Latin (Pliny) anthracītis kind of coal. See anthrac-, -ite 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthracite1

C19: from Latin anthracītes type of bloodstone, from Greek anthrakitēs coal-like, from anthrax coal, anthrax
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Example Sentences

When pure and of close hard grain it is used as a refractory for lining furnaces, especially those designed for anthracite.

There are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.

Tried at a measured mile with anthracite and Merthyr coal mixed, three years afterwards, her average speed was 11 knots.

He was of middle age, black as anthracite coal, bald-headed, (p. 226) and was dressed in pants and coat made of old sailcloth.

The cooking-range, a large one designed to burn anthracite coal, was the general warming apparatus.

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