Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 7 letters

bitumen

Best crossword clue

"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

Mini crossword

Today's mini takes a couple of minutes.

Play the mini →

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.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Tar-like road material7 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

B______

Related words