BITUMINOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bituminous mean? 

• BITUMINOUS (adjective)
  The adjective BITUMINOUS has 1 sense:

1. resembling or containing bitumen

  Familiarity information: BITUMINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITUMINOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling or containing bitumen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

bituminous coal

Pertainym:

bitumen (any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons)

Derivation:

bitumen (any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons)

 Context examples 

There is a dry bituminous wood upon the plateau—a species of araucaria, according to our botanist—which is always used by the Indians for torches.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)