Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A solid, dark-colored complex of hydrocarbons found in natural veins and deposits.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Asphaltic; bituminous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Asphaltic.
- adjective Asphaltic.
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Examples
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Now, one of the paths for the solution of this problem has already begun with the possible use of asphaltite.
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We have begun the exploitation of asphaltite, and we are beginning a stage in which our country will seek all possible means to increase petroleum production.
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The plant, which will have a capacity of 270 megawatts, will be fired with asphaltite, a locally mined coal product, Global said Wednesday in a filing with the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
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