Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cement with bitumen.
- To impregnate with bitumen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
treat orimpregnate withbitumen .
Etymologies
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Latin bituminatus, past participle of bitumino ("I bituminate"), from bitūmen.
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Examples
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Geologists estimate the seams of anthracite and bituminate in northern China were formed from the Jurassic period onward.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Geologists estimate the seams of anthracite and bituminate in northern China were formed from the Jurassic period onward.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Geologists estimate the seams of anthracite and bituminate in northern China were formed from the Jurassic period onward.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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