anthracite

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
2. (countable, uncountable) A dark grey color.

Sinonieme

hard coal

anthracite coal

stone coal

smokeless coal

stone-coal

hard-coal

black coal

kilkenny coal

blind coal

bastard coal

charcoal

coal

Vertalings

anthracite

antracita

antracite

Anthrazit

ανθρακίτης

antracite

antrasit

antracita

antraciet

anthrazit

Glanzkohle

Anthrazitkohle

antrasit kömürü

rauchlose Kohle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Via Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ite.