Phurnacite
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Phurnacite (uncountable)
- (UK) A proprietary brand of smokeless fuel in the form of coal briquettes.
- 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:
- Domestic fuel consigned from South Wales consists mainly of anthracite, phurnacite and other smokeless fuels.
References edit
- “Phurnacite”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.