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lignites

lignites is the plural of lignite.

Meaning of lignite

Noun

lignite (countable and uncountable, plural lignites)

  1. A low-grade, brownish-black coal.
    • Texas industry is turning to lignite, a kind of poor man's coal, to replace its dwindling allocations of natural gas. The Lone Star State now gets an estimated 12 percent of its electricity from lignite, and that figure is expected to double by 1985.1978 February 14, “Texas Turning to Its Reserves of Lignite”, in New York Times

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Questions about lignites

What is lignites the plural of?
Lignites is the plural of lignite.

Words near lignites in the dictionary

  1. ligninolytic
  2. lignins
  3. ligniperdous
  4. lignireose
  5. lignite
  6. lignites
  7. lignitic
  8. lignitiferous
  9. lignitize
  10. lignitized
  11. lignivorous

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