gas coal

noun

a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.

Origin of gas coal

First recorded in 1875–80

Words Nearby gas coal

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How to use gas coal in a sentence

In the complete combustion of carbon in the form of charcoal or gas-coal, there are developed 8060 units of heat.
Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel | Samuel William Johnson
This is a gas coal of great excellence, yielding also a coke, good, but high in sulphur.
The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky | James Lane Allen
Of household coal there is only 96 square miles out of the total 750, all the remainder being steam or coking and gas coal.
Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects | John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness

British Dictionary definitions for gas coal

gas coal

noun

coal that is rich in volatile hydrocarbons, making it a suitable source of domestic gas

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