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The five chunks of brown coal, each no bigger than a matchbox, add further evidence of the port’s antiquity.
—J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The regional power supplier, RWE, had already bought the land from farmers to expand its mining for brown coal, which the protesters pointed out is an especially polluting fuel.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
For its part, the German power provider has defended the eviction of the protesters and the mining of the brown coal.
—Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2023
Friis initially specialized in lignite, or brown coal, a precursor of black coal that forms from decaying vegetation.
—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
The European Union generated 22% of its power with coal and its sister fuel lignite, also known as brown coal, in the first two weeks of December, said Mr. Czyżak.
—Joe Wallace, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022
The cheapest form – brown coal – was most in demand.
—Karel Janicek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2022
The cheapest form — brown coal — was most in demand.
—Karel Janicek, ajc, 18 Nov. 2022
Demand for brown coal – the cheapest and most energy inefficient form – used by Czech households jumped by almost 35% in the first nine months of 2022 over a year earlier.
—Karel Janicek, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
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“Brown coal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20coal. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
brown coal
noun
: lignite
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