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Meaning of "coal-burning" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COAL-BURNING

coal-burning  [ˈkəʊlbɜːnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COAL-BURNING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coal-Burning is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COAL-BURNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coal-burning in the English dictionary

The definition of coal-burning in the dictionary is fuelled by burning coal.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COAL-BURNING


afterburning
ˈɑːftəˌbɜːnɪŋ
burning
ˈbɜːnɪŋ
churning
ˈtʃɜːnɪŋ
concerning
kənˈsɜːnɪŋ
discerning
dɪˈsɜːnɪŋ
ferning
ˈfɜːnɪŋ
gut-churning
ˈɡʌtˌtʃɜːnɪŋ
inburning
ɪnˈbɜːnɪŋ
interest-earning
ˈɪntrəstˌɜːnɪŋ
kerning
ˈkɜːnɪŋ
learning
ˈlɜːnɪŋ
nonearning
nɒnˈɜːnɪŋ
oil-burning
ˈɔɪlˌbɜːnɪŋ
sleep-learning
ˈsliːpˌlɜːnɪŋ
slow-burning
ˈsləʊˌbɜːnɪŋ
turning
ˈtɜːnɪŋ
undiscerning
ˌʌndɪˈsɜːnɪŋ
upburning
ʌpˈbɜːnɪŋ
urning
ˈɜːnɪŋ
yearning
ˈjɜːnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COAL-BURNING

coal oil
coal pit
coal pot
Coal Sack
coal scuttle
coal strike
coal tar
coal tit
coal yard
coal-black
coal-fired power station
coal-tar creosote
coal-tar pitch
coalball
coalbin
coalbox
coaldust
coaler
coalesce
coalescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE COAL-BURNING

beginning
blended learning
book-learning
distance learning
e-learning
early-morning
early warning
early-warning
good morning
governing
health warning
lifelong learning
machine learning
morning
mourning
patterning
seat of learning
storm warning
the top of the morning
warning
yesterday morning

Synonyms and antonyms of coal-burning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coal-burning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COAL-BURNING

Find out the translation of coal-burning to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coal-burning from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coal-burning» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

燃煤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

combustión de carbón
570 millions of speakers

English

coal-burning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोयला जल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرق الفحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

угле
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carvão de queima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কয়লা পোড়ানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la combustion du charbon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembakaran arang batu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kohle - Verbrennung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石炭燃焼
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

석탄 연소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Batubara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

than đốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலக்கரி எரியும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोळसा जळत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kömür yakma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carbone - che brucia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spalanie węgla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вугіллі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cărbune - ardere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καύσης άνθρακα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steenkool - brandende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kol - förbränning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kull - brenning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coal-burning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COAL-BURNING»

The term «coal-burning» is normally little used and occupies the 111.751 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COAL-BURNING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «coal-burning» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «coal-burning» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coal-burning

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COAL-BURNING»

Discover the use of coal-burning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coal-burning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Air Pollution: Air Quality and Permitting of New ...
Burning coal generates 50% of U.S. electricity and produces air pollution that can pose a threat to human health and ecosystems.
John Stephenson, 2010
2
A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development, 1830-1880
COAL-BURNING. II BOILERS BOILER CONSTRUCTION BOILER TUBES BOILER LAGGING AND JACKETS. the South, before long, we shall be compelled to use coal."11 While this forecast was essentially borne out, wood- burning remained ...
John H. White, 1979
3
The Permanent Way and Coal-burning Locomotive Boilers of ...
They are aware of their incompetency to manage coal-burning| machines, and consequently know that the banishment of wood would compel them to retire from their profession, or reduce them to the rank of firemen, in which case they would ...
Zerah Colburn, Alexander Lyman Holley, 1858
4
Soft Coal Burning
1» SOFT COAL BURNING BY O. M. HIGGINSON. The question of smokelesscombustion of coal is attracting much attention at the present time, especially in western cities, where bituminous coal is the fuel most generally used. The agitation ...
Charles Maynard Higginson, 1899
5
Clean Coal Engineering Technology
The book addresses many coal-related subjects of interest ranging from the chemistry of coal and the future engineering anatomy of a coal fired plant to the cutting edge clean coal technologies being researched and utilized today.
Bruce G. Miller, 2010
6
Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and ...
The Clean Coal and Anti-Coal Campaigns For decades, economically and politically powerful U.S. coal companies and coal-burning utilities have understandably fought to preserve their profits by opposing measures such as stricter air ...
G. Miller, Scott Spoolman, 2011
7
Transforming Power: Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict
In the early 1990s the coal industry's public relations arm coined the phrase " clean coal," creating the false impression in the public mind that existing sources of coal and coal-burning technologies produce little pollution. When challenged, the ...
John Byrne, Noah Toly, Leigh Glover, 2006
8
The Economical Burning of Coal Without Smoke: With Especial ...
More or less air leaks into a furnace through various openings, such as cracks around doors, etc.; such amount is approximately constant for each furnace, therefore when the coal burning capacity is reduced, owing to presence of ash and ...
Alburto Bement, 1904
9
Applied Combustion, Second Edition
Coal- burning steam-generating facilities, in addition to firing, must store, handle, and crush or pulverize coal. Coal-fired units are designed to burn a reasonable range of statistically varying coal supplies. Dust and bottom ash collection, ...
Eugene L. Keating, 2007
10
The Rotarian
The coal-burning ship must stop frequently for fuel. Her nationality may put her at a disadvantage where foreign bunkering stations are used. At the best, coal- bunkering stations in other countries have always involved political complications .

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COAL-BURNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coal-burning is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pro-coal law set stage for Clean Power Plan pain in rural Ariz.
... coal-burning Apache Generating Station that's run by a subsidiary of Ledger's Arizona Generation and Transmission Cooperatives (AZGT). «Environment & Energy Publishing, Jul 15»
2
Dynegy's Flexon Sees Eventual Exit From California Market
That will doom coal-burning plants that have already shut because they can't meet pending pollution limits, he said. Gas at $3 or below makes ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
3
Headwaters Gains On Fly Ash, Building Products Demand
When fly ash is collected before it escapes into the atmosphere, pollution from coal-burning is reduced. And using it in place of traditional ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
4
Carol Olson: Senior Columnist: There are many things in life to be …
We had a coal-burning furnace in the basement and the coal truck would drive up next to the window in the basement where the coal bin was. «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
5
Boss Hög: Larry Hogan has Baltimore right where he wants it
... manure that could be spread on Eastern Shore farms and new regulations on coal-burning power plants—as well as several new protections ... «Baltimore City Paper, Jul 15»
6
News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT
It replaces coal-burning units at the plant, which was built in the 1950s. The unit generates electricity with gas turbines, and then recycles ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
7
How important is your personal carbon footprint?
... Green did not, for example, take into account the fact that refining gasoline requires vast amounts of (usually) coal-burning electricity too. «Treehugger, Jul 15»
8
These are the best barbecues to buy this summer
Who knew a coal-burning furnace could look so good? And it's got smarts as well as style. Before cooking, fill the base with water and the ... «GQ.com, Jul 15»
9
Duke Energy notifies landowners about new line
... of a planned high-voltage transmission line to be constructed in a project to convert Duke's coal-burning Asheville power plant to natural gas. «BlueRidgeNow.com, Jul 15»
10
Share “Natural gas-powered unit goes online at...”
It replaces coal-burning units at the plant, which was built in the 1950s. The unit generates electricity with gas turbines, and then recycles ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»

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