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bitumen

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"Tar-like road material"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɪt.jʊ.mɪn/Part of speech nounSorted beimntuStarts with BEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2I3T4U5M6E7N

Definitions

  1. any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons

Word origin

From Middle English bithumen, bitumen, from Latin bitūmen. Doublet of bitume.

Used in a sentence

  • another star reflected itself in the glassy black of the bitumened road
  • The Litlata community have now built a mandi set in a pleasant garden, and to ensure the cleanliness of their yardna have bricked and bitumened the pool into which the water flows
  • Work is already under way to complete the bitumening of Western Australia's last unsurfaced stretch of Highway One, between Fitzroy Crossing and Hall's Creek.

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