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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Bitumen | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Bitumen | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bitumen \Bi*tu"men\, n. [L. bitumen: cf. F. bitume. Cf. {B[82]ton}.] 1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See {Asphalt}. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Bitumen Gen. 11:3, R.V., margin, rendered in the A.V. "slime"), a mineral pitch. With this the ark was pitched (6:14. See also Ex. 2:3.) (See {SLIME}.) | |
