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coking coal

coking coal noun: bituminous coal which is suitable for making into coke, for example for use in steel manufacture.

Noun

coking coal (uncountable)

  1. Bituminous coal which is suitable for making into coke, for example for use in steel manufacture.
    • All grades of coal, deepmined and opencast, are produced, and Durham coking coal is unsurpassed for iron and steel making and is world-famous.1959 May, R. A. Savill, “The coal traffic of the North Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 272
    • Among the numerous types of vehicles required are special 33½-ton vacuum-braked hopper wagons for iron ore imported at Newport docks, 21-ton vacuum-braked wagons for coking-coal and 56-ton vehicles for slabs and coils.1962 December, “Railways and the Spencer Steelworks”, in Modern Railways, page 410

coking coal meaning in Tamil

coking coal in Tamil

கற்கரியாக்கக் கரி

Questions about coking coal

What does coking coal mean?
Coking coal means bituminous coal which is suitable for making into coke, for example for use in steel manufacture.
What is coking coal in Tamil?
Coking coal in Tamil is கற்கரியாக்கக் கரி. See Coking coal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coking coal?
Coking coal is a noun.

Words near coking coal in the dictionary

  1. cokes
  2. cokeses
  3. cokeworks
  4. cokey
  5. coking
  6. coking coal
  7. cokings
  8. Cokley
  9. Cokleys
  10. cokriging
  11. cokstele

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