anthracite

noun an·thra·cite \ ˈan(t)-thrə-ˌsīt \

Updated on: 8 Apr 2018

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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anthracitic

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Go to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and ask about the collapse of the anthracite coal industry.

— elliott d. woods, Outside Online, "Zinke's Plan to Fund the Park Service Is Pure Fantasy," 24 Mar. 2018
Its winches could send 800-pound bags of anthracite along cables.

— tim prudente, Washington Post, "Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery.," 15 Mar. 2018
And in the first of Smil's personal energy transitions, heat came not from wood, but from coal—hard black anthracite from Kladno or dirty brown lignite from North Bohemia.

— paul voosen, Science | AAAS, "Meet Vaclav Smil, the man who has quietly shaped how the world thinks about energy," 21 Mar. 2018
Its winches could send 800-pound bags of anthracite along cables.

— tim prudente, Washington Post, "Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery.," 15 Mar. 2018
Its winches could send 800-pound bags of anthracite along cables.

— tim prudente, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery," 13 Mar. 2018
At least four ships of different flags showed up in August and September to dump North Korean anthracite onto a pile near the harbor’s southern tip, maritime records show.

— joby warrick, Washington Post, "High seas shell game: How a North Korean shipping ruse makes a mockery of sanctions," 3 Mar. 2018
For more than 150 years, Germany mined millions of tons of anthracite, or hard coal, from coal mines here that at their peak employed half a million miners.

— valerie hamilton, USA TODAY, "In Germany, miners and others prepare for a soft exit from hard coal," 13 Dec. 2017
Kentucky is going with a new look today: chrome helmets, anthracite jerseys and blue pants.

— joe mussatto, ajc, "Kentucky-Louisville football: Pregame notes and observations," 25 Nov. 2017

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