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BROWN COAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brown coal mean?
• BROWN COAL (noun)
The noun BROWN COAL has 1 sense:
1. intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
Familiarity information: BROWN COAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
brown coal; lignite; wood coal
Hypernyms ("brown coal" is a kind of...):
coal (fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)
humate (material that is high in humic acids)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brown coal"):
jet (a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation)
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