Phurnacite
English
Etymology
Possibly from furnace + -ite
Noun
Phurnacite (uncountable)
- (Britain) 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
- “Phurnacite” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.