steam coal

English

Noun

steam coal (usually uncountable, plural steam coals)

1. A coal which has a grade between bituminous coal and anthracite, and which was once widely used as a fuel for steam engines in ships and locomotives.

Synonyms

• sea-coal (US)

Translations

grade of coal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動力煤／动力煤 (dònglìméi)

• Finnish: höyryhiili (fi)
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• Russian: парови́чный у́голь m (parovíčnyj úgolʹ)

Further reading

• Coal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia