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anthracite Definition

an·thra·cite (ant̸hrə sīt′)

noun

a shiny black, hard, metamorphic coal that contains a low percentage of volatile matter and burns with a smokeless flame: also called hard coal

Etymology: Gr anthrakitis, kind of coal < anthrax, coal

Related Forms:

  • anthracitic an′·thra·cit′ic (-sitik) adjective
anthracite Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Anthracite costs £ 6.00 inc VAT per bag ( some cottages use anthracite ).
  • burn: It burns anthracite or coke and will perform well with modern smokeless fuels.
  • call: Thomas realized that this furnace could work at Ynyscedwyn, thus allowing him to use the hard coal called anthracite from local coal mines.

Adjective modifier

  • local: It was still, however, a relatively small undertaking 22 and could find no use for the local anthracite.
  • Welsh: Between 1887 and 1902 the output of Welsh anthracite increased by 287 % and 50 % of this was absorbed by the export trade.

Modifies a noun

  • coalfield: In the Welsh anthracite coalfields a slightly different oil cap lamp was to become popular around the turn of the twentieth century.
  • coal: In 1905, the idea of an anthracite coal trust was revived.
  • mining: The demonstrator relates to the 19th century anthracite coal mining industry of Pennsylvania.
  • industry: The demonstrator relates to the 19th century anthracite coal mining industry of Pennsylvania.
  • strike: Recorded memoirs of Dick Beamish, Abercraf, concerning the 1925 Anthracite strike and the 1934 Taff-Merthyr strike.
  • stove: Its use was extended mainly by the use of anthracite stoves and central heating appliances.