steam coal

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noun

coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.

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Origin of steam coal

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby steam coal

steamboat, Steamboat Gothic, Steamboat Springs, steam boiler, steam chest, steam coal, steamed, steamed up, steam engine, steamer, steamer basket

How to use steam coal in a sentence

Good governance would mean sticks and coal for too many of our favorite politicians.
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In 2006, the firm presided over a routine steam-injection procedure known as “well stimulation.”
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There was Milan Hruška, a fiery miner from the North Bohemian coal mines.
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Parenting a kid that can get from place to place under his own steam is a whole new ballgame.
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But as one deadly malady loses steam, another may be exploding: hunger.
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A colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
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Two huge steam engines had snorted and puffed for three whole years.
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Greenlaw (Charles P.), his efforts in obtaining steam for India, 560.
Notes and Queries, Index to Eighth Volume, July-December 1853|Various
The steamboat of 1809 and the steam locomotive of 1830 were the direct result of what had gone before.
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The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.
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British Dictionary definitions for steam coal

steam coal

noun

coal suitable for use in producing steam, as in a steam-boiler

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