anthracite

noun
/ˈænθɹəˌsaɪt/

Etymology

Via Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνθρακῖτις (anthrakîtis, “a kind of coal”), from ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ite.

Definitions

  1. A form of carbonized ancient plants

    A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.

  2. A dark grey color.

    • In the past, when the author was studying, architects only employed a very restricted palette of colours: the white of modernism, black, a “friendly” shade of anthracite and light grey!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anthracite. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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