Definition of anthracite
:a hard natural coal of high luster differing from bituminous coal in containing little volatile matter and in burning very cleanly — called also
hard coal
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Four of China’s northern customs districts near North Korea receive about 47 percent of the country’s oil imports and 63 percent of its anthracite coal, according to the General Administration of Customs.
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Four of China’s northern customs districts near North Korea receive about 47 percent of the country’s oil imports and 63 percent of its anthracite coal, according to the General Administration of Customs.
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Some features of the new color rush jerseys, which are officially anthracite, or dark steel grey, with white numerals trimmed in Honolulu blue.
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But anthracite’s fortunes declined as people switched to gas and electric heat, and the 1920 census is the last one that recorded a major influx of people to Millersburg.
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Cale was born in the spring of 1942 in Garnant, a small village in the Amman River Valley of Wales, a region rich in slow-burning anthracite coal.
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The four characters of this early work by Mr. McDonagh, an Anglo-Irish dramatist with a wit as hard and black as anthracite coal, also appear to have grown a few sizes.
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Origin and Etymology of anthracite
Greek anthrakitis, from anthrak-, anthrax coal
ANTHRACITE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of anthracite for English Language Learners
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: a hard type of coal that burns slowly without much smoke or flame
ANTHRACITE Defined for Kids
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Definition of anthracite for Students
:a hard glossy coal that burns without much smoke
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