Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of bitumen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistency of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
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- noun mineralogy A soft, black,
tarry bitumen ,intermediate betweenpetroleum andasphalt .
Etymologies
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Latin pissasphaltus, Ancient Greek pitch + asphalt: compare French pissasphalte.
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