Pitch Lake


noun
  1. a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).

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How to use Pitch Lake in a sentence

  • May it not be far older than the Pitch Lake above—older, possibly, than the formation of any asphalt at all?

    At Last | Charles Kingsley
  • This is the remnant of one of the many rash speculations connected with the Pitch Lake.

    At Last | Charles Kingsley
  • He found petroleum in the Trinidad Pitch Lake way back in the sixteenth century.

    Children of the Market Place | Edgar Lee Masters
  • At the mouth of the Orinoco river is the Island of Trinidad upon which is the famous Pitch Lake.

    Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. Nichols
  • Indirectly, of course, the Pitch Lake has been the means of attracting attention to the island, especially in earlier times.

    Plotting in Pirate Seas | Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for Pitch Lake

Pitch Lake

noun
  1. a deposit of natural asphalt in the Caribbean, in SW Trinidad. Area: 46 hectares (114 acres)

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