bitumen
(noun) any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bitumen (countable and uncountable, plural bitumina or bitumens)
Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame. 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.
Synonym: Jew's pitch
(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
• (mineral pitch): Jew’s lime, Jew’s pitch, Jew’s slime, slime (all obsolete)
bitumen (third-person singular simple present bitumens, present participle bitumening, simple past and past participle bitumened)
To cover or fill with bitumen.
Synonym: bituminize
Source: Wiktionary
Bi*tu"men, n. Etym: [L. bitumen: cf. F. bitume. Cf. BĂ©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.
2. By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 January 2025
(noun) a slight amount or degree of difference; “a tad too expensive”; “not a tad of difference”; “the new model is a shade better than the old one”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
