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bitumening

bitumening is the present participle and gerund of bitumen.

Meaning of bitumen

Verb

bitumen (third-person singular simple present bitumens, present participle bitumening, simple past and past participle bitumened)

  1. To cover or fill with bitumen.
    • another star reflected itself in the glassy black of the bitumened road1926, Rudyard Kipling, “The Prophet and the Country”, in Debits and Credits, →OCLC, page 155
    Synonyms:
    bituminize

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Questions about bitumening

What is bitumening the present participle and gerund of?
Bitumening is the present participle and gerund of bitumen.

Words near bitumening in the dictionary

  1. bitume
  2. bitumed
  3. bitumen
  4. bitumen of Judea
  5. bitumened
  6. bitumening
  7. bitumenised
  8. bitumenized
  9. bitumens
  10. bitumina
  11. bituminate

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