Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lacking bitumen, as anthracite coal in contrast with bituminous coal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
bituminous .
Etymologies
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non- + bituminous
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Examples
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This is, I believe, the only accessible, or at least available nonbituminous coal in the world; but the best substitute for it is the Welsh semi-bituminous coal, and this was chiefly used by the blockade-runners.
The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner John Wilkinson
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