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bitumen (iou)



bitumen noun. LME.
[Latin bitumen, -min-.]
Naturally-occurring asphalt from the Middle East, used as mortar etc. LME.
Any natural or artificial black or brown solid or viscous liquid consisting largely of hydrocarbons. E17.
A pigment made from asphalt. M19.
The tarred road. Austral. colloq. M20.
bituminate verb trans. cement with bitumen; convert into or impregnate with bitumen: E17-L18.
bitumi'niferous adjective yielding bitumen L18.