Meanings
- uncountableAny technology that may mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that arise from the burning of coal for electrical power.
- dateduncountableanthracite (a cleaner burning variety of coal, which is usually hard and bluish, with fewer impurities; making it acceptable for uses needing cleaner coal)
Antonyms: dirty coal, lignite
- dateduncountablecoke (a coked version of coal, that has been cleaned of many of its impurities, making it acceptable for use in steel-making and other uses needing cleaner coal)
Antonyms: dirty coal
Synonyms & antonyms
nounanthracite (a cleaner burning variety of coal, which is usually hard and bluish, with fewer impurities; making it acceptable for uses needing cleaner coal)
nouncoke (a coked version of coal, that has been cleaned of many of its impurities, making it acceptable for use in steel-making and other uses needing cleaner coal)
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