coking coal
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Bituminous coal which is suitable for making into coke, for example for use in steel manufacture.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "All grades of coal, deepmined and opencast, are produced, and Durham coking coal is unsurpassed for iron and steel making and is world-famous."
- "Among the numerous types of vehicles required are special 33½-ton vacuum-braked hopper wagons for iron ore imported at Newport docks, 21-ton vacuum-braked wagons for coking-coal and 56-ton vehicles for slabs and coils."