solid fuel

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noun

a domestic or industrial fuel, such as coal or coke, that is a solid rather than an oil or gas

Also called: solid propellant a rocket fuel that is a solid rather than a liquid or a gas

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Words nearby solid fuel

solidago, solid angle, solidarity, solidarize, solidary, solid fuel, solid geometry, solidification, solidify, solid injection, solidity

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How to use solid fuel in a sentence

Solid-fuel launchers exploded and blasted the lifeboat clear of the parent ship.
Deathworld|Harry Harrison
Very numerous attempts have, however, been made to construct internal-combustion engines to burn solid fuel instead of gas.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1900|Various
The instant and great rise in temperature of the furnace, and the greater stability of the solid fuel used, are extraordinary.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884|Various
The question arises, In what form ought solid fuel to be—ought it to be in lumps or in powder?
Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887|Various

No crude combustion of solid fuel can give ultimate perfection.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887|Various