"steam coal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: steam coals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Coal Synonyms: sea-coal [US] Translations (grade of coal): 動力煤 (Chinese Mandarin), 动力煤 (dònglìméi) (Chinese Mandarin), höyryhiili (Finnish), парови́чный у́голь (parovíčnyj úgolʹ) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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