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Anthracite

Noun CEFR B2
ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt

Definitions

  1. A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
  2. A dark grey color.

Equivalents

19 more languages
العربيةأنثراسايت
Bosanskiantracit
Ελληνικάανθρακίτης
Gaeilgeclochghual
Galegoantracita
Hrvatskiantracit
Italianoantracite
日本語無煙炭
한국어무연탄
Македонскиантрацит
Nederlandsantraciet
Românăantracit
Русскийантрацит
Српскиantracit
Tagalogantrasita

Examples

“In the past, when the author was studying, architects only employed a very restricted palette of colours: the white of modernism, black, a “friendlyshade of anthracite and light grey!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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