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WOOD COAL

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• WOOD COAL (noun)
The noun WOOD COAL has 2 senses:

1. intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
2. a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

Familiarity information: WOOD COAL used as a noun is rare.

• WOOD COAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

brown coal; lignite; wood coal

Hypernyms ("wood 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 "wood coal"):

jet (a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

charcoal; wood coal

Hypernyms ("wood coal" is a kind of...):

atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

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