mineral pitch

American  

noun

1. asphalt.

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mineral pitch British  

noun

1. another name for asphalt

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Etymology

Origin of mineral pitch

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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mineral pitch

Abd-Allatif, an Arabian physician, describes mummy as a substance flowing from the tops of the mountains, and which mixing with the water that streamed down, coagulates like mineral pitch.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

The term asphalt has been applied to so many and various mixtures, that one scarcely associates it with natural mineral pitch which is found in some parts of the world.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

Among mineral products are saltpetre, mineral pitch, petroleum, salt, sulphur, and several precious stones, as the carnelian, agate, and onyx.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

Professor Wright of Yale has used a hard mineral pitch as a cement in vacuum work with success.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

Bitumen, or mineral pitch, was regularly applied to this purpose, even by Elizabethan seamen.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest