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Soft coal
Bituminous coal, distinguished from hard coal or anthracite
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Bituminous coal, distinguished from hard coal or anthracite
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bituminous coalnoun | Synonym of soft coal. |
| hard coalnoun | Anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous soft coal. |
| pitch coalnoun | bituminous coal |
| stone coalnoun | mineral coal, as opposed to charcoal |
| clean coalnoun | Any technology that may mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that arise from the burning of coal for electrical power. |
| hardcoalnoun | (mining, geology) Anthracite. |
| semianthracitenoun | Coal that is intermediate between anthracite and semibituminous coal. |
| mineral coalnoun | Coal coming from the ground, as opposed to charcoal produced by recent burning. |
| brown coalnoun | lignite |
| black coalnoun | (nontechnical) coal |
| coal ballnoun | A nodule of plant material permeated with minerals found mostly in bituminous and anthracite coal seams |
| coking coalnoun | Bituminous coal which is suitable for making into coke, for example for use in steel manufacture. |
| cherry coalnoun | Soft coal that breaks off easily into small, irregular cubes with a shining luster. |
| bituminousnoun | (uncountable) Bituminous coal. |
| channel coalnoun | Misconstruction of cannel coal. [cannel (type of coal)] |
| coalballnoun | Alternative form of coal ball. [A nodule of plant material permeated with minerals found mostly in bituminous and anthracite coal seams] |
| day coalnoun | The upper stratum of coal. |
| anthracitenoun | A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals. |
| glance coalnoun | (mineralogy) Any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite. |
| coalnoun | (uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel. |
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