black coal

noun

Synonym of soft coal.

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Meanings

nounblack coal (countable and uncountable, plural black coals)

plural black coals

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of soft coal.

    Synonyms: soft coal

  2. countableuncountablehigh-quality coal

    The drop in 1918 was also a fall in the production of black coal. In other words he losses were in the best coal, the gains in the poorer coal

    1919, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's work, Volume 38
  3. countableuncountablecoal

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of soft coal.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 煙煤 /烟煤, 黑煤
  • 煙煤 /烟煤 (yānméi)high-quality coal
  • 黑煤 (hēiméi)high-quality coal
Finnish kivihiili
  • kivihiilihigh-quality coal
French charbon bitumineux, houille grasse
  • charbon bitumineuxhigh-quality coal
  • houille grassehigh-quality coal
German Steinkohle
  • Steinkohlehigh-quality coal
Japanese 歴青炭, 瀝青炭
  • 歴青炭 (rekiseitan)high-quality coal
  • 瀝青炭 (rekiseitan)high-quality coal
Korean 유연탄
  • 유연탄 (yuyeontan)high-quality coal
Russian ка́менный у́голь, битумино́зный у́голь
  • ка́менный у́голь (kámennyj úgolʹ)high-quality coal
  • битумино́зный у́голь (bituminóznyj úgolʹ)high-quality coal
Spanish hulla
  • hullahigh-quality coal
Cite this entry
APA

black coal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20coal

MLA

“black coal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20coal. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black coal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20coal.

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