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 Definitions of anthracite  [ˈæn θrəˌsaɪt]  

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Definition of 'anthracite' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) anthracite
a hard coal low in volatile hydrocarbons and burning with little smoke or flame.

Etymology:  (1810–15; prob. < F < L (Pliny) anthracītis kind of coal. See anthracene , -ite1)

Definition of 'anthracite' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) anthracite, anthracite coal, hard coal
a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat


Definition of 'anthracite' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) anthracite
a hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal


Translation of 'anthracite' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a kind of very hard coal that burns almost without any smoke or flames.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: antrasiet Arabic flag Arabic: فَحْم صَلْب، فَحْم أنْثرا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: антрацит
Brazilian flag Brazilian: antracite Czech flag Czech: antracit German flag German: der Anthrazit
Danish flag Danish: antrasit Greek flag Greek: ανθρακίτης Spanish flag Spanish: antracita
Estonian flag Estonian: antratsiit Farsi flag Farsi: زغالسنگ آنتراسیت Finnish flag Finnish: antrasiitti
French flag French: anthracite Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֶּחָם אַנתרָצִיט Hindi flag Hindi: कोयला
Croatian flag Croatian: antracit Hungarian flag Hungarian: antracit Indonesian flag Indonesian: antrasit
Icelandic flag Icelandic: harðkol Italian flag Italian: antracite Japanese flag Japanese: 無煙炭
Korean flag Korean: 무연탄 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: antracitas Latvian flag Latvian: antracīts
Malay flag Malay: antrasit Dutch flag Dutch: antraciet Norwegian flag Norwegian: antrasitt
Polish flag Polish: antracyt Persian flag Persian: زغالسنگ آنتراسیت Pashto flag Pashto: د انتراسیت د ډیرو سکاره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: antracite Romanian flag Romanian: antracit Russian flag Russian: антрацит
Slovak flag Slovak: antracit Slovenian flag Slovenian: antracit Serbian flag Serbian: antracit
Swedish flag Swedish: antracit Thai flag Thai: ถ่านหินชนิดแข็ง Turkish flag Turkish: antrasit
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 無煙煤 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: антрацит Urdu flag Urdu: کوئلےکی ایک قسم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thanđá Chinese flag Chinese: 无烟煤

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'anthracite' - Nearby Entries  

anthozoa  anthozoan  anthracite  anthracite coal  anthracitic  anthracosis  anthrax  



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