bituminous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bituminous
1610–20; < Latin bitūminōsus, equivalent to bitūmin- (stem of bitūmen ) bitumen + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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The game was born out of distinctly American forms of machinery, from Walter Camp’s New Haven Clock Company to the bituminous coal and mill towns of Pennsylvania.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2020
Coal tipples and the soft bituminous coal they handle are more common in Western Pennsylvania, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2017
With increasing heat and pressure, lignite turns to sub-bituminous coal, bituminous coal, and then, in a process like metamorphism, anthracite.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
However, since soft coal is mainly used in energy generation, “It’s definitely affecting the bituminous region more than the anthracite region,” Stefanko said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2015
Coalwood, West Virginia, where I grew up, was built for the purpose of extracting the millions of tons of rich bituminous coal that lay beneath it.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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