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bituminous

[ bahy-too-muh-nuhs, -tyoo-, bih- ]

/ baɪˈtu mə nəs, -ˈtyu-, bɪ- /

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adjective

resembling or containing bitumen: bituminous shale.

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Origin of bituminous

1610–20; <Latin bitūminōsus, equivalent to bitūmin- (stem of bitūmen) bitumen + -ōsus-ous

OTHER WORDS FROM bituminous

non·bi·tu·mi·nous, adjective

Words nearby bituminous

bittock, BitTorrent, bitty, bitumen, bituminize, bituminous, bituminous coal, Bitzer, biunique, biuniqueness, biuret

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Example sentences from the Web for bituminous

Five feet of wood or plant may produce about one foot of bituminous coal, or six-tenths of a foot of anthracite.
The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith
The four counties adjoining Pittsburg turn out over thirty millions of tons of bituminous coal in a year.
America, Volume II (of 6)|Joel Cook
Bituminous may be distinguished from subbituminous by the manner of weathering.
The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith
We have anthracite coal for but fifty years, and bituminous coal for less than two hundred.
The Fight For Conservation|Gifford Pinchot

This coal is of an inferior quality, bituminous, and largely mixed with slate.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865|Various