bituminous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonbituminous adjective
Etymology
Origin of bituminous
1610–20; < Latin bitūminōsus, equivalent to bitūmin- (stem of bitūmen ) bitumen + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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In 1920, a typical miner in the United States extracted an average of 4 tons of bituminous coal per day.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2020
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
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
The transaction is expected to close by the first quarter of 2016, and Bowie will become the largest bituminous coal producer in the western United States.
From Washington Times • Nov. 26, 2015
“He does odd jobs. And he’s an entrepreneur. He’s developing a technology to burn low-grade bituminous coal safely and efficiently.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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