ANTHRACITE


Meaning of ANTHRACITE in English

— anthracitic /an'threuh sit"ik/ , anthracitous /an"threuh suy'teuhs/ , adj.

/an"threuh suyt'/ , n.

a mineral coal containing little of the volatile hydrocarbons and burning almost without flame; hard coal. Also called anthracite coal .

[ 1810-15; prob. anthracitis kind of coal. See ANTHRAC-, -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .