anthracite

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synonyms for anthracite

On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anthracite, such as: ash(es), carbon, char, charcoal, cinder, and culm.

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  • When pure and of close hard grain it is used as a refractory for lining furnaces, especially those designed for anthracite.

    Asbestos | Robert H. Jones
  • There are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.

  • Tried at a measured mile with anthracite and Merthyr coal mixed, three years afterwards, her average speed was 11 knots.

    Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
  • He was of middle age, black as anthracite coal, bald-headed, (p. 226) and was dressed in pants and coat made of old sailcloth.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • The cooking-range, a large one designed to burn anthracite coal, was the general warming apparatus.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson

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