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Definition of: anthracite
(an′thrə·sīt) noun
Mineral coal of nearly pure carbon which burns slowly and with little flame; hard coal. [<L anthracites <Gk. anthrakitēs coallike <anthrax coal]
—an·thra·cit·ic (an′thrə·sit′ik) adjective
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