anthracite

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

antracita

Sinónimos

hard coal

anthracite coal

stone coal

smokeless coal

stone-coal

hard-coal

black coal

kilkenny coal

blind coal

bastard coal

charcoal

coal

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

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