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MINERAL PITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mineral pitch mean? 

MINERAL PITCH (noun)
  The noun MINERAL PITCH has 1 sense:

1. a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbonsplay

  Familiarity information: MINERAL PITCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MINERAL PITCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

asphalt; mineral pitch

Hypernyms ("mineral pitch" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)


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