pozzolana
[pot-suh-lah-nuh; Italian pawt-tsaw-lah-nah]
- a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
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Also poz·zo·lan [pot-suh-luh n] /ˈpɒt sə lən/, poz·zuo·la·na [pot-swuh-lah-nuh; Italian pawt-tswaw-lah-nah] /ˌpɒt swəˈlɑ nə; Italian ˌpɔt tswɔˈlɑ nɑ/, puzzolan, puzzolana.
Origin of pozzolana
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Historical Examples of pozzolana
Not only the walls but the vaults were built in this pozzolana concrete, and formed one solid mass.
This shows the utter unfitness of the pozzolana beds in which the arenaria are excavated for the construction of the Catacombs.
The Catacombs of RomeWilliam Henry Withrow