anthracite

/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

friendly, grey, light, tabular

VERB + ANTHRACITE

shade

ANTHRACITE + NOUN

ore

PREP.

between

ADV.

such

Definitions

noun

A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.

A dark grey color.

In the past, when the author was studying, architects only employed a very restricted palette of colours: the white of modernism, black, a “friendly” shade of anthracite and light grey!

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In the past, when the author was studying, architects only employed a very restricted palette of colours: the white of modernism, black, a “friendly” shade of anthracite and light grey!

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North Korea continuously expanded its export of resources such as anthracite and iron ore to China.

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The geologist noted a tabular layer of anthracite running between two bands of shale.

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