| 单词 | bituminous coal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbituminous coal b. spec. in the scientific or technical names of various minerals, manufactures, etc., as bituminous coal, bituminous limestone, bituminous schist, bituminous shale; bituminous cement, bituminous mastic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > bitumen bituminous1830 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > bitumen bituminous1830 bituminoid1878 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 219 Bituminous shales. 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) ii. 55 Dark-coloured bituminous schist. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 755 The bituminous or black cement for bottle-corks consists of pitch hardened by the addition of resin and brick-dust. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 119 Bituminous limestone..containing various hydrocarbon compounds, diffusing by the action of fire a bituminous odour. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 67 Bituminous coals..burn..with a brilliant flame. < as lemmas |
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