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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Its chief ingredient was pozzolana, a sand found in great abundance near Rome and other sites.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
The quarries contain building materials, such as marble and pozzolana, which is Roman cement almost ready-made.
From The Roman Question by About, Edmond
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 Belcher, Edward, Sir
But its peculiar interest is, that it affords at one point a marked example of the connection of an arenarium, or pit from which pozzolana was extracted, with the streets of the cemetery itself.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 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 Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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