Lignite

Definitions

1. A ghost town in California.
2. A low-grade, brownish-black coal.
   countable, uncountable
3. A city and town in North Dakota.
4. A ghost town in Virginia.

Equivalents

Examples

“Texas industry is turning to lignite, a kind of poor man's coal, to replace⟳ its dwindling allocations of natural gas. The Lone Star State now gets an estimated 12 percent of its electricity from lignite, and that figure⟳ is expected to double⟳ by 1985.”

“[Robert] Habeck, who has found himself in the extremely uncomfortable position of turning from a long-term campaigner against fossil fuels to a short-term defender of them, said: “Putin’s war of aggression is forcing us to temporarily make⟳ greater use⟳ of lignite so that we save⟳ gas in electricity generation. This is painful but necessary in view⟳ of the shortage of gas.””

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