bituminous
resembling or containing bitumen: bituminous shale.
Origin of bituminous
1Other words from bituminous
- non·bi·tu·mi·nous, adjective
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How to use bituminous in a sentence
The country is the world’s leading exporter of coal, and while other countries move to sever ties with fossil fuels, Morrison pledged the opposite– famously bringing a lump of bituminous to a parliamentary debate.
How Major Elections Around the World Will Shape Global Politics in 2022 | Eloise Barry | December 30, 2021 | TimeThere are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyMore than 80% of Virginia's mining employment is in bituminous coal which is the chief mining product of the nation as a whole.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe odor of the petroleum first discovered was similar to that of the cheap bituminous coal.
They anoint their children with a bituminous ointment at their birth, to prevent the growth of hair.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
Like all bituminous earths, it needs the strongest drying oil.
Field's Chromatography | George Field
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