black coal

noun — 3 senses

black coal

noun
1

Synonym of soft coal.

2

high-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 coal1919, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's work, Volume 38:
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