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

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.

Other volcanoes in this region eject with terrible force a quantity of boiling mineral pitch, throwing up the dark matter completelyp.

From A Girl's Ride in Iceland by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)

Maltha, mal′tha, n. a thick mineral pitch: any similar preparation used by the ancients as a cement, stucco, or mortar.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

This is asphalt, or mineral pitch as it is sometimes called.

From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)

The Persian word múmiyà, means bitumen or mineral pitch.

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