Definitions for lignites

lignites lig·nite

Spelling: [lig-nahyt]
IPA: /ˈlɪg naɪt/

Lignites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in lignites (egiilnst).

Definitions for lignites

noun

  1. a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.

Origin of lignites

First recorded in 1800-10; lign- + -ite1

Examples for lignites

This is a fossil resin, or gum, and may often be found in lignite beds.

lignite or brown coal may contain only 50 per cent of carbon.

In the steep sides of the lake valley nearby are a number of lignite mines.

The colour was buff, and there were seams of coal and lignite in places.

But that lignite, as you call it, was so sure low-grade that they jest laughed at me.

It is certainly the case that the future possibilities of lignite should not be overlooked.

Or we might incorporate him into that burnin' lignite bed over in the butte.

Reptilian fossils are found in both the lignite and the intervening layers of rock.

How long the lignite bed has been burning underground is not known.

The coal is of the lignite variety and disintegrates rapidly.

Word Value for lignites
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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