anthracite
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
- (countable, uncountable) A dark grey color.
Synonyms
anthracite coal
stone coal
smokeless coal
stone-coal
hard-coal
kilkenny coal
bastard coal
Translations
anthracite
antracita
antracite
Anthrazit
ανθρακίτης
antracite
antrasit
antracita
antracietPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/
Etymology
Via Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ite.
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