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black coal en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of soft coal.
2. (countable, uncountable) high-quality coal
   • The drop in 1918 was also a fall in the production of black coal. In other words he losses were in the best coal, the gains in the poorer coal 1919, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's work, Volume 38:
3. (countable, uncountable) coal

Forms

Synonyms

soft coal

Translations (13)

fr houille grasse (high-quality coal) · hy քարածուխ (high-quality coal) · de Steinkohle (high-quality coal) · ru ка́менный у́голь (high-quality coal) · cmn 黑煤 (high-quality coal) · fi kivihiili (high-quality coal) · ja 瀝青炭 (high-quality coal) · ru битумино́зный у́голь (high-quality coal) · cmn 煙煤 /烟煤 (high-quality coal) · ko 유연탄 (high-quality coal) · ja 歴青炭 (high-quality coal) · es hulla (high-quality coal) · fr charbon bitumineux (high-quality coal)