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BITUMINIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bituminize mean?
• BITUMINIZE (verb)
The verb BITUMINIZE has 1 sense:
1. treat with bitumen
Familiarity information: BITUMINIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they bituminize ... he / she / it bituminizes
Past simple: bituminized
Past participle: bituminized
-ing form: bituminizing
... he / she / it bituminizes Past simple: bituminized
Past participle: bituminized
-ing form: bituminizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with bitumen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bituminise; bituminize
Hypernyms (to "bituminize" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
bitumen (any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons)
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