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Meaning of "soft coal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT COAL

soft coal play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT COAL

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Soft coal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOFT COAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sub-bituminous coal

Sub-bituminous coal is a type of coal whose properties range from those of lignite to those of bituminous coal and are used primarily as fuel for steam-electric power generation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT COAL

soft brown sugar
soft centre
soft chancre
soft cheese
soft clam
soft commodities
soft contact lens
soft copy
soft currency
soft drink
soft drug
soft focus
soft fruit
soft furnishings
soft goods
soft hat
soft hyphen
soft ice-cream
soft iron
soft landing

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT COAL

activated charcoal
bituminous coal
brown coal
cannel coal
charcoal
coal
gas coal
hard coal
recoal
steam coal
white coal
wood coal

Synonyms and antonyms of soft coal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soft coal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT COAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

烟煤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hulla
570 millions of speakers

English

soft coal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुलायम कोयला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفحم الناعم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Древесный уголь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carvão macio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম কয়লা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

houille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Arang batu lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Braunkohle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

瀝青炭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유연탄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Batu bara alus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

than mềm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான நிலக்கரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ कोळसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak kömür
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carbone dolce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miękki węgiel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

деревне вугілля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cărbune moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλακό άνθρακα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte steenkool
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjukt kol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myk kull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft coal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT COAL»

The term «soft coal» is regularly used and occupies the 68.141 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT COAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «soft coal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «soft coal» 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 soft coal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT COAL»

Discover the use of soft coal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft coal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soft Coal, Hard Choices : The Economic Welfare of Bituminous ...
While most studies of labor in the coal industry focus on the struggle to organize unions, this work offers a more diverse and quantitative examination of the labor market.
Price V. Fishback Associate Professor of Economics University of Arizona, 1992
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Popular Science
How to Prevent Gas in Fueling with Soft Goal Since soft coal produces an immense amount of gas the instant it is added to your fire; it is necessary to keep the drafts closed and the chimney open when filling the furnace, in order to prevent the ...
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Soft Coal, Hard Choices: The Economic Welfare of Bituminous ...
While most studies of labor in the coal industry focus on the struggle to organize unions, this work offers a more diverse and quantitative examination of the labor market.
Price Van Meter Fishback, 1992
4
Soft Coal Burning
2 SOFT COAL BURNING. That in stationary boiler plants a comparatively efficient combustion of bituminous coal can be effected with a very small output of smoke is well known to all who have given the matter close attention, and such ...
Charles Maynard Higginson, 1899
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Kitchen Tests of Relative Cost of Natural Gas, Soft Coal, ...
The following gives the details pertaining to a series of tests made in the Department of Home Economics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, to determine the relative cost of natural gas, soft coal, coal oil, gasoline, and electricity, ...
Ohio State University. Dept. of Home Economics, 1920
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Popular Mechanics
r first rule in feeding the furnace with soft coal is never to cover the fire completely with fresh fuel. The fresh coal may be placed at the front or the rear of the 'firepot, at one side or th% other, but should never cover more than two-thirds of the fire ...
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The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby: Drawn Up ...
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Stephen Glover, Thomas Noble, 1831
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The Soft Coal Industry in Indiana
Fred Moses Maartz. COIPANY STGRBS. One of the general practices of coal companies throughout the coal fields,unless prohibited by law, is to have stores where their employees may purchase their clothing, groceries, hardware and such ...
Fred Moses Maartz, 1908
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International Seminar on Coal Science & Technology
Many companies worldwide and particularly in Japan have increased the proportion of semi soft coal in the tune of 40 % to reduce coal cost by adopting stamping technology or otherwise The importance of semi soft coal for using in coke ...
Ashok Kumar Singh, Kalyan Sen, Central Fuel Research Institute (India), 2005
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Congressional Serial Set
The shipments were: Iron ore, 127,730 long tons; pig iron, 8,121 long tons; iron manufactures, 3,427 short tons; hard coal, 2,102 short tons; soft coal, 40,290 short tons; bunker coal, 34,998 short tons; salt, 4,946 short tons; copper, 9,385 short ...
‎1912

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT COAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soft coal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hallador Energy Company confirms 175 miners cut at Sunrise Coal
Sunrise Coal officials confirmed Monday another round of layoffs would be taking ... The company announced June 26, it would reduce its staff citing a 'soft coal ... «WTHITV.com, Jul 15»
2
Norfolk Southern Q2 Earnings, Sales Miss on Coal Woes
Apart from the soft coal revenues, weak fuel surcharge revenues also hurt the top line ... On a year-over-year basis, Coal revenues declined 33% to $453 million. «Zacks.com, Jul 15»
3
Mississippi, other states score victory in challenge to EPA rule
The utility is building a nonconventional power plant in Kemper County, which is designed to gasify lignite, a low-grade, soft coal mined on the site, to fire its ... «Mississippi Business Journal, Jun 15»
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Peabody Q1 Loss Wider than Expected on Lower Coal Sales
The softness in coal demand in the U.S. is expected to continue due to lower ... with the soft coal markets, the company is aggressively implementing cost-saving ... «Zacks.com, Apr 15»
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No Respite for Peabody (BTU) from Soft Coal this Earnings?
Peabody expects 2015 U.S. coal demand to decline 50 million to 60 million tons ... Here are some companies tied to the coal industry worth considering on the ... «Zacks.com, Apr 15»
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Peabody Energy to Refinance Debt Amid Soft Coal Market
The financial performance of this premier coal company in the fourth quarter 2014 ... Other prominent coal operators like Walter Energy and Arch Coal Inc. (ACI ... «Zacks.com, Mar 15»
7
Patriot Coal Idles Two Large Mines in Western Kentucky
Patriot Coal will idle two large coal mines in Western Kentucky, beginning today. ... "Soft coal prices or it's natural gas or it's the president's administration and ... «WKMS, Dec 14»
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Glencore's Jul-Sep coal production climbs 7% on-year to 111.4 mil mt
Diversified miner Glencore said Tuesday it produced 111.4 million mt of coal ... Glencore's semi-soft coal production was also 24% lower on the year at 2.5 ... «Platts, Nov 14»
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Soft coal prices dent producers
FALLING coal prices had weighed heavily on producers, especially junior miners, despite adopting a “back-to-basics approach” of cost-cutting and spending ... «Independent Online, Oct 14»
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Abbott vows to fight China coal tariffs
The imposition of a 3 per cent tariff on coking coal and 6 per cent on soft coal from October 15 comes amid sluggish demand for coal and oversupply in the local ... «The Land Newspaper, Oct 14»

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