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Soft coal Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Soft coal has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

rich in tarry hydrocarbons; burns readily with a smoky yellow flame

2

bituminous coal, distinguished from hard coal or anthracite

See Also
hard coal bituminous coal clean coal anthracite
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
coal
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cannel coal sea coal
Rhyming Words
boal coal foal goal toal shoal skoal recoal seacoal in goal no goal subgoal nongoal sea coal gas coal day coal charcoal non goal own goal antigoal
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