| 单词 | coal ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal ball coal ball n. (a) a ball made of coal dust, for use as fuel (now rare); (b) Geology a rounded mass of calcite or pyrite containing fossilized plant remains, typically found in or near coal seams. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > coal-derived fuel coal ball1603 pipe-coal1612 hotshot1673 hotshoot1704 fireball1735 brickette1806 briquette1884 coal slurry1912 slurry1913 semi-coke1918 Phurnacite1937 syncrude1971 the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > material within kevel1747 comb1863 coal ball1870 1603 H. Platt (title) A new, cheape and delicate fire of cole-balles, wherein seacole is by the mixture of other combustible bodies, both sweetened and multiplied. 1803 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (new ed.) III. 149 About Bristol..they make coal-balls of their culm. 1870 Nature 20 Oct. 505/1 These organs were found in what were called coal-balls, from the beds of coal at Bradford and Halifax. 1947 C. A. Arnold Introd. Paleobot. ix. 219 Petrified stems, petioles, and roots of Medullosa are frequently encountered in coal-balls. 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxxiii. 249 Father was scavenger—peddler of coal balls (made of coal scrap) in Tientsin. 2007 New Scientist 22 Dec. 74/3 The mines around Manchester were a good place to hunt for coal balls. < as lemmas |
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