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bituminize

[ bahy-too-muh-nahyz, -tyoo-, bih- ]

verb (used with object)

, bi·tu·mi·nized, bi·tu·mi·niz·ing.
  1. to convert into or treat with bitumen.


bituminize

/ bɪˈtjuːmɪˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to treat with or convert into bitumen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • biˌtuminiˈzation, noun
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Other Words From

  • bi·tumi·ni·zation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bituminize1

1745–55; < Latin bitūmin- (stem of bitūmen ) bitumen + -ize
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Example Sentences

Among the more recent in formation of fossil vegetables, are the bituminized woods; these are often buried to great depths by diluvian action, but are never found in perfect rock.

And there are stranger things than these,—fragments of spiced and bituminized humanity to be shown to visitors who are not nervous, nor given to midnight terrors.

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