wood coal

noun

1. brown coal; lignite.
2. charcoal.

wood coal

noun

1. See charcoal, lignite
   another name for lignite charcoal

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood coal¹

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

Standard charcoal is easier to use because you can regulate the heat better, but you can use wood coals too.

From Outside Online

Amongst the fragments of shale which strewed the beach, we found many pieces of brown wood-coal.

From Project Gutenberg

Brown coal and black coal, the former sometimes called wood coal, is found chiefly in diluvial or alluvial ground.

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In wood coal we may almost seize nature in the fact of making coal, before the process is completed.

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He stood up, casting his bit of wood-coal on the cloth before him.

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For in the wood-coal a great deal of the hydrogen still remains.

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