anthracite
anthracite
Definition
an·thra·cite (an′t̸hrə 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
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.
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