steam coal
coal with relatively high sulfur content, suited for generating steam but not for coking.
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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 GriffithThis would mean further breakage, and, in the case of steam coal especially, a depreciation in value.
British Canals | Edwin A. PrattThe house and steam coal raised at some of the English collieries named in the foregoing tables is probably the best in the world.
Railway Rates: English and Foreign | J. GriersonThe 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
coal suitable for use in producing steam, as in a steam-boiler
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