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Meaning of "bitumen" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BITUMEN

From Latin bitūmen, perhaps of Celtic origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BITUMEN

bitumen  [ˈbɪtjʊmɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BITUMEN

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bitumen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BITUMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bitumen

Asphalt

Asphalt, also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product; it is a substance classed as a pitch. Until the 20th century, the term asphaltum was also used. The primary use of asphalt/bitumen is in road construction, where it is used as the glue or binder mixed with aggregate particles to create asphalt concrete. Its other main uses are for bituminous waterproofing products, including production of roofing felt and for sealing flat roofs. The terms asphalt and bitumen are often used interchangeably to mean both natural and manufactured forms of the substance. In American English, asphalt is the carefully refined residue from the distillation process of selected crude oils. Outside the United States, the product is often called bitumen. Geological terminology often prefers the term bitumen. Common usage often refers to various forms of asphalt/bitumen as "tar", such as at the La Brea Tar Pits. Another term, mostly archaic, refers to asphalt/bitumen as "pitch".

Definition of bitumen in the English dictionary

The first definition of bitumen in the dictionary is any of various viscous or solid impure mixtures of hydrocarbons that occur naturally in asphalt, tar, mineral waxes, etc: used as a road surfacing and roofing material. Other definition of bitumen is the constituents of coal that can be extracted by an organic solvent. Bitumen is also any liquid suitable for coating aggregates.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BITUMEN


admin
ˈædmɪn
albumen
ˈælbjʊmɪn
albumin
ˈælbjʊmɪn
benjamin
ˈbɛndʒəmɪn
curcumin
ˈkɜːkjʊmɪn
determine
dɪˈtɜːmɪn
Duralumin
djʊˈræljʊmɪn
Emin
ˈiːmɪn
examine
ɪɡˈzæmɪn
famine
ˈfæmɪn
jasmine
ˈdʒæsmɪn
lactalbumin
lækˈtælbjʊmɪn
lumen
ˈluːmɪn
merbromin
məˈbrəʊmɪn
ovalbumin
əʊvˈælbjʊmɪn
promine
ˈprəʊmɪn
specimen
ˈspɛsɪmɪn
theremin
ˈθɛrəmɪn
vitamin
ˈvɪtəmɪn
women
ˈwɪmɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BITUMEN

bittersweet
bittersweetly
bittersweetness
bitterweed
bitterwood
bittie
bittier
bittiest
bittiness
bittock
bittor
BitTorrent
bitty
bitumed
bituminisation
bituminise
bituminization
bituminize
bituminous
bituminous coal

WORDS THAT END LIKE BITUMEN

acumen
cacumen
catechumen
cerumen
crumen
energumen
hegumen
numen
rumen
the bitumen
Tyumen

Synonyms and antonyms of bitumen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bitumen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BITUMEN

Find out the translation of bitumen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bitumen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bitumen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沥青
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

betún
570 millions of speakers

English

bitumen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कोलतार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

битум
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

betume
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অ্যাসফল্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bitume
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bitumen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bitumen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビチューメン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

역청
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bitumen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bitum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிடுமன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिटुमन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bitüm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bitume
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

asfalt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бітум
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bitum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασφάλτου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bitumen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bitumen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bitumen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bitumen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BITUMEN»

The term «bitumen» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.923 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bitumen
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «bitumen».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BITUMEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bitumen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bitumen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bitumen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BITUMEN»

Discover the use of bitumen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bitumen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Shell Bitumen Handbook
"This respected Handbook has earned its reputation as the authoritative source of information on bitumens used in road pavements and other surfacing applications.
John Read, David Whiteoak, 2003
2
Ball, Bat and Bitumen: A History of Coalfield Baseball in ...
"From the early 1900s to the 1950s, baseball games between mine workers were a small-town phenomenon, each team attracting intensely loyal fans.
L.M. Sutter, 2008
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Asphalt (bitumen)
In total. l 287 209 person-years of observation were accumulated by the entire cohort, of which 48l 089 were from bitumen workers and 537 28l were from the comparison group. By the end of the follow-up period, l0 096 cohort members were ...
Joann Wess, Larry D. Olsen, Marie Haring Sweeney, 2004
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No Road: Bitumen All the Way
He's puzzled. 'Road? No road,' he says '... no road ... bitumen aaall the way.'. No Road is a seductive mix of storytelling and ideas, and a personal account of travels in outback Australia, Europe, Africa ... and suburban Newtown.
Stephen Muecke, 1997
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Hansen Solubility Parameters: A User's Handbook, Second Edition
It is thus more correct to state that the asphaltenes are not polar in a chemical sense, but they might be considered as more polar than the other hydrocarbons in bitumen and crude oil. As nitrogen and oxygen are the only atoms in asphaltenes ...
Charles M. Hansen, 2007
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Asphaltenes and Asphalts, 2
This type of bitumen is usually distributed in fissures, pores, tectonic cracks and dissolution cavities of source rocks. They do not show evident characteristics of large-scale migration. Primary authigenic bitumen, basically, is the indigenous ...
T.F. Yen, G.V. Chilingarian, 2000
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Recycling and Reuse of Used Tyres: Proceedings of the ...
This paper describes results from a laboratory investigation of the interaction between crumb rubber and bitumen in the Dry Process. Different 100 penetration grade bitumens have been used to assess the effect of the bitumen constitution on ...
Ravindra K. Dhir, Mukesh C. Limbachiya, Kevin A. Paine, 2001
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Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The ...
A fragmentary life-size foot of bitumen from Tell Brak (British Museum WA 126352 ) indicates its use for statuary, perhaps only for certain parts. (b) as a coating to provide an impervious and tenacious surface protection against liquids, ...
Peter Roger Stuart Moorey, 1999
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Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology
Introduction In the past, the similar, glossy appearance of resin, amber and bitumen has often resulted in confusion between them in ancient samples. Objects with resinous features, notably a red-brown or reddish-orange colour and a lustrous ...
Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw, 2000
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Bitumen: Its Varieties, Properties, and Uses
The same author, in another place ('1), describes the mode of obtaining the solid bitumen and petroleum from a spring near Anderica, and of separating them from each other, and from foreign substances. Bitumen 4. In the writings of Diodorus ...
‎1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BITUMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bitumen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bitumen Market To Reach $95.77 Billion Respectively by 2020 …
The global market for bitumen is expected to reach USD 95.77 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Bitumen ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
2
South Africa bitumen rack prices hike up by USD 5 PMT in July 2015 …
In South Africa, Bitumen rack prices gone up by USD 4 PMT since last week and are currently in the range of USD 450 - 480 PMT. The average ... «Bitumart, Jul 15»
3
Alberta regulator shuts Murphy Oil wells
The problems are caused by the process used to extract the heavy oil found in the area, which involves bringing bitumen up into large steel ... «tce today, Jul 15»
4
Investigation into large fire at the old St Thomas' Hospital site in …
“The fire involved the first floor and roof, the building is derelict but the roof tiles are laid on bitumen, which is why there was a lot of smoke.”. «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
5
China imported 72% of it's bitumen from South Korea in May..
China imported 394991 MT of Bitumen in the month of May 2015. China imported most of its Bitumen from different countries like 283695 MT ... «Bitumart, Jul 15»
6
Japan FOB bulk bitumen prices are down by 5% since January..
In Japan, FOB bulk bitumen prices down by USD 5 PMT since last week price and are currently in the range of USD 360 - 370 PMT. Average ... «Bitumart, Jul 15»
7
BPCL bitumen prices gone up by Rs.170 – 200 PMT in July 2015.
On 01st July 2015, BPCL bitumen prices have hiked up by Rs.170 – 200 PMT (1%) since the last announcement dated 16th June 2014. The latest ex refinery ... «Bitumart, Jul 15»
8
Iranian bitumen companies export large volumes on the IME in June..
Iranian bitumen producers exported 22600 MT of bitumen on the Iran Mercantile Exchange from 16th June 2015 to 30th June 2015. Foman ... «Bitumart, Jul 15»
9
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities for 10th Asian Bitumen
The TENTH ASIAN BITUMEN CONFERENCE 2015 (AsB 2015), will be held in New Delhi, India for the first time on 19 – 20 November 2015. «Bitumart, Jul 15»
10
France bitumen prices remain range bound in recent weeks..
In France country, Bitumen prices remained almost same since last week and current prices are oscillating in the range of € 330 - 350 PMT in ... «Bitumart, Jul 15»

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