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anthracite

/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/

anthracite noun: a form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.

anthracite: a form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals
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Noun

anthracite (countable and uncountable, plural anthracites)

  1. A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
    Synonyms:
    hard coal
  2. A dark grey color.
    • In the past, when the author was studying, architects only employed a very restricted palette of colours: the white of modernism, black, a “friendly” shade of anthracite and light grey!2013, Sylvia Leydecker, Designing Interior Architecture, page 32

anthracite meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog

anthracite in Tamil

நிலக்கரிவகை, நிலக்கீல் சத்தற்றநிலக்கரி

anthracite in Urdu

پَتھری کوئلَہ, مَعدنی کوئلَہ

anthracite in Tagalog

type of coal
antrasita

Synonyms of anthracite

Forms of anthracite

pluralanthracites

Origin of anthracite

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

Words formed from anthracite

Questions about anthracite

What does anthracite mean?
Anthracite means a form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
What is anthracite in Tamil?
Anthracite in Tamil is நிலக்கரிவகை, நிலக்கீல் சத்தற்றநிலக்கரி. See Anthracite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anthracite?
Anthracite is a noun.
How do you pronounce anthracite?
Anthracite is pronounced /ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/.
What is the plural of anthracite?
The plural of anthracite is anthracites.

Words near anthracite in the dictionary

  1. anthracenyls
  2. anthrachelin
  3. anthracic
  4. anthraciferous
  5. anthracin
  6. anthracite
  7. anthracites
  8. anthracitic
  9. anthracitism
  10. anthracitization
  11. anthracitous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthracite (page history and authors); anthracite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthracite (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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