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Anthracite Definition

anthracite

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English

A nugget of anthracite.

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakitis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (anthrax, “charcoal”)

Noun

anthracite (plural anthracites)

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

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