anthracite

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

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

play \ˌan(t)-thrə-ˈsi-tik\ adjective

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And Wheelabrator, a cogeneration plant powered by waste coal from long-defunct anthracite mines, would lose a $700,000 contract to provide steam to heat the prison.

— samantha melamed, Philly.com, "Can the rural prison economy survive the era of decarceration?," 7 June 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, 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, 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, Washington Post, "Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery.," 15 Mar. 2018
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

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