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

Solid-fuel launchers exploded and blasted the lifeboat clear of the parent ship.

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Very numerous attempts have, however, been made to construct internal-combustion engines to burn solid fuel instead of gas.

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The instant and great rise in temperature of the furnace, and the greater stability of the solid fuel used, are extraordinary.

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The question arises, In what form ought solid fuel to be—ought it to be in lumps or in powder?

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No crude combustion of solid fuel can give ultimate perfection.

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