puzzolan
- a variation of puzzolana.
Example Sentences
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The constructing engineer and contractor recognize only three varieties: Portland cement, natural cement and slag or puzzolan cement.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
This puzzolan, this pulverized pumice stone, all this mineral dust in short, shows how deep-seated is the commotion in the volcano.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
Scoriæ in a state of powder, pulverized puzzolan and grey cinder as fine as the finest fecula, were held in suspension in their thick folds.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.