hard coal

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   a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat

   Synonymsanthraciteanthracite coal

   Broadercoal

Questions about hard coal

What does hard coal mean?

hard coal means "a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat".

What is another word for hard coal?

Close synonyms include anthracite, anthracite coal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hard coal a common word?

hard coal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.