Meaning of patent fuel | Babel Free
Definitions
Fuel, usually in the form of briquettes, made from fine, crushed coal with the addition of a binding agent.
Examples
“The originating tonnage of coal class traffic (that is to say⟳ coal, coke and patent fuel) for the whole of British Railways in 1957 was 166,153,300 tons, representing half-a-million tons a day and roughly 60 per cent of the total freight traffic.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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