pozzolana
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pozzolana
1905–10; < Italian < Latin puteolāna, feminine of puteolānus of Pozzuoli (< Latin Puteolī literally, little springs); see -an
Example Sentences
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According to modern physicians it is impossible to live many days in the caves of pozzolana in which many of the catacombs are excavated.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The tufa lithoide and the pozzolana were thus alone used for building purposes by the Romans, and the catacombs are never found excavated in these.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
Its chief ingredient was pozzolana, a sand found in great abundance near Rome and other sites.
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
A cement which hardens under water; used for piers, docks, &c., as pozzolana, Aberthaw limestone, &c.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Not only the walls but the vaults were built in this pozzolana concrete, and formed one solid mass.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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