steam coal

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   coal suitable for use under steam boilers

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Questions about steam coal

What does steam coal mean?

steam coal means "coal suitable for use under steam boilers".

Is steam coal a common word?

steam coal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.