solid fuel

noun

1. a domestic or industrial fuel, such as coal or coke, that is a solid rather than an oil or gas
2. Also calledsolid propellant a rocket fuel that is a solid rather than a liquid or a gas

Example Sentences

While sources like industries and vehicles affect most countries, there are certain major contributors that are unique to South Asia, including solid fuel combustion for cooking and heating, human cremation, and burning of agricultural waste.

From Reuters

Although the solid fuel is much heavier than pure hydrogen, when the weight and volume of the high-pressure gas tanks needed to store hydrogen is considered, the end result is an electricity output near parity for a given storage volume, Li says.

From Science Daily

Advocates claim that using liquid fuel, instead of the solid fuel now used in all nuclear power plants, would be a more efficient way to produce electricity and heat for industrial uses.

From Scientific American

The missile, code-named Skyfall by Nato, is said to be powered by a nuclear reactor, which is supposed to activate after solid fuel rocket boosters have launched it into the air.

From BBC

Three of North Korea’s four known types of ICBMs use liquid fuels and the fourth employs solid fuel.

From Seattle Times