steam coal


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

Origin of steam coal

1
First recorded in 1840–50

Words Nearby steam coal

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How to use steam coal in a sentence

  • Lights were blazing round it, for the pit was working night and day getting the steam coal to the surface.

    The World Peril of 1910 | George Griffith
  • This would mean further breakage, and, in the case of steam coal especially, a depreciation in value.

    British Canals | Edwin A. Pratt
  • The house and steam coal raised at some of the English collieries named in the foregoing tables is probably the best in the world.

  • The boats were short of steam coal, which was a most cheerful bit of information.

    A Sub and a Submarine | Percy F. Westerman
  • "Stuff of that kind is like steam coal to a boiler," spoke Mr. Scanlon.

    Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist | John T. McIntyre

British Dictionary definitions for steam coal

steam coal

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

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