Home › Words › D › durainduraindurain means A type of coal.EtymologyFrom Latin dūrus (“hard”) + -ain in fusain; compare French -ain (“-ane”). Coined by British birth control campaigner and paleontologist Marie Stopes in 1918.nounA type of coal.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.coaldust 60% match — The dust of coal. vs durain →drub 59% match — Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal. vs durain →torbanite 59% match — A variety of coal, derived from colonial algae, that resembles carbonaceous shale. vs durain →anthraconite 58% match — A coal-black variety of calcite or dolomite, usually emitting a foetid smell when rubbed. vs durain →clarain 58% match — A form of coal having stratifications parallel to the bedding plane. vs durain →collow 57% match — To make foul or dirty; begrime as with the smut of coal; blacken. vs durain →durra 56% match — A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor). vs durain →lithanthrax 56% match — mineral coal vs durain →