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Webster 1913 Edition


Anthracite

An′thra-cite

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Noun.
[L.
anthracites
a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. [GREEK] like coals, fr.
ἄνθραξ
, [GREEK], coal or charcoal. Cf.
Anthrax
.]
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anthracite

AN'THRACITE

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Noun.
[Gr. a burning coal; infra.]
Slaty glance-coal, or columnar glance coal; that species of coal which has a shining luster, approaching to metallic, and which burns without smoke, and with intense heat. It consists essentially of carbon.

Definition 2024


anthracite

anthracite

English

A nugget of anthracite.

Noun

anthracite (plural anthracites)

  1. A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals; hard coal.
  2. A dark grey colour.

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Noun

anthracite m (plural anthracites)

  1. anthracite (all senses)