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a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
Qualifier: trademark
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noun
Nonstandard form of Coalite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, nonstandard
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verb
To cause to unite or coalesce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To unite or coalesce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To form a political coalition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: government, politics
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History
Invented by Thomas Parker in 1904: coal + -ite
Back-formation from coalition, from Latin coalitus, past participle of coalēscō (see coalesce).
