lignite

3 definitions found

lignite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lignite \Lig"nite\ (l[i^]g"n[imac]t), n. [L. lignum wood: cf. F.
     lignite.] (Min.)
     Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it
     was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of
     more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of
     the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal
     .
     [1913 Webster]

lignite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lignite
      n 1: intermediate between peat and bituminous coal [syn:
           lignite, brown coal, wood coal]

lignite - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Lignite, AK (CDP, FIPS 43830)
    Location: 63.89051 N, 149.04641 W
    Population (1990): 99 (44 housing units)
    Area: 150.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Lignite, ND (city, FIPS 46540)
    Location: 48.87688 N, 102.56370 W
    Population (1990): 242 (126 housing units)
    Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 58752