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bitumen

Bitumen is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter B and ends with the letter N for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.

Syllable Information

The word bitumen is a 7 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for bitumen is: bi-tu-men


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