English Explanatory Dictionary

caking coal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bituminous coal which softens and becomes pasty or semiviscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish-black, cellular mass of coke is left.

Word forms

caking coal
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