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Anthracite   /ˈænθrəsˌaɪt/   Listen
Anthracite

noun
1.
A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat.  Synonyms: anthracite coal, hard coal.






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"Anthracite" Quotes from Famous Books



... while there is considerable undeveloped lignite, coal suitable for fuel is not wanting. Small coal deposits have been discovered in the Cibao Valley, between the central and the northern mountain chain, in the province of Pacificador and that of Santiago. Anthracite coal found at Tamboril, near the city of Santiago, was used to run a small motor exhibited at an industrial fair in Santiago in 1903. In the commune of Altamira, province of Puerto Plata, lignite and ...
— Santo Domingo - A Country With A Future • Otto Schoenrich

... late hour, but she selected a tiny bunch of delicate, fragrant, hot-house blossoms, and, shielding them with her shawl, hastened home. The studio was brilliant with gas-glare and warm with the breath of anthracite, but an aspect of dreariness, silence, and sorrow predominated. On the edge of the low scroll-sculptured mantel, supported at each corner by caryatides, perched a large tame grey owl, with clipped wings ...
— Macaria • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson



Words linked to "Anthracite" :   anthracitic, anthracite coal, coal



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