Associations to the word «Anthracite»

Wiktionary

ANTHRACITE, noun. A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals; hard coal.
ANTHRACITE, noun. A dark grey colour.

Dictionary definition

ANTHRACITE, noun. A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats