Definition of Bituminize

1. Verb. Treat with bitumen.

Exact synonyms: Bituminise
Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Bitumen

Definition of Bituminize

1. v. t. To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.

Definition of Bituminize

1. Verb. (transitive) to treat with bitumen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bituminize

1. [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bituminize

bitumenised
bitumenoid
bitumens
bitumina
bituminate
bituminated
bituminates
bituminating
bituminiferous
bituminise
bituminised
bituminises
bituminising
bituminization
bituminizations
bituminize (current term)
bituminized
bituminizes
bituminizing
bituminoid
bituminous
bituminous coal
bituminous sand
bituminous sands
bituminouses
bitwise
bityite
bitzer
biuncinate
biundulant meningoencephalitis

Literary usage of Bituminize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Course of Creation by John Anderson (1851)
"crust to bituminize and indurate the whole. A new coal epoch is thus approaching, or rather, even now, we are living within its influences. ..."

2. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1914)
"... should place it within the coking class.1 Obviously the effect of the presence of great numbers of these rods in a coal must be to "bituminize" it; ..."

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