anthracite

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Via Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ite.

1766.--Anthracite coal discovered in Pennsylvania. — Commercial Geography: A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
At such times, too, his face flamed with augmented blazonry, as if cannel coal had been heaped on anthracite. — Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street, Herman Melville
Philip also wrote to Ruth; but though this letter may have glowed, it was not with the heat of burning anthracite. — The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Mark Twain

anthracite coal, hard coal

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