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gas coal

gas coal noun: a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high proportion of volatile material, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas.

Noun

gas coal (countable and uncountable, plural gas coals)

  1. A bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high proportion of volatile material, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas.
    • It is a good gas-coal, and well fitted for steam purposes, and for use in reverberatory furnaces.1870, Rossiter Worthington Raymond, Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains

Forms of gas coal

pluralgas coals

Questions about gas coal

What does gas coal mean?
Gas coal means a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high proportion of volatile material, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas.
What part of speech is gas coal?
Gas coal is a noun.
What is the plural of gas coal?
The plural of gas coal is gas coals.

Words near gas coal in the dictionary

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  7. gas coals
  8. gas constant
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  10. gas cylinder
  11. gas cylinders

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