Anthracite - English meaning
ˈæn.θrə.saɪt
Anthracite – definitions in English dictionary
nounCoal of a hard variety that contains relatively pure carbon and burns with little flame and smoke.
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Peat is an accumulation of virtually unaltered plant material, while anthracite is nearly pure carb…
nounA very hard type of coal that burns slowly and produces a lot of heat with very little smoke and a small flame
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Word origin
late 16th century (denoting a gem described by Pliny and said to resemble coals, supposedly hydrophane (a type of opal)): from Greek anthrakitēs, from anthrax, anthrak- ‘coal’.
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