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Meaning of gas coal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high proportion of volatile material, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“It is a good gas-coal, and well fitted for steam purposes, and for use in reverberatory furnaces.”

CEFR level

B2

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

See also

gas constant gas cylinder gas duster gas dwarf gas dynamics gas engine