| NOUN | substance | bitumen | any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons |
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| Sounds | bay.tuw'mahn; bih.tuw'mahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons. | |
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| Narrower | pitch, tar | Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue |
| Broader | hydrocarbon | An organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen |
| Spanish | betún, bitumen | |
| Catalan | betum | |
| Adjectives | bituminoid, bitumenoid | like bitumen |
| bituminous | resembling or containing bitumen | |
| Verbs | bituminize | treat with bitumen |
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