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bituminate

UK/bɪˈtjuːmɪneɪt/US/bəˈtuməneɪt/

bituminate verb: to treat or impregnate with bitumen.

Verb

bituminate (third-person singular simple present bituminates, present participle bituminating, simple past and past participle bituminated)

  1. (transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
    • Bituminated walls of Babylon.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
    Synonyms:
    bituminize, bituminise, bitumenize

Noun

bituminate (plural bituminates)

  1. A substance that has been treated with bitumen.
    • Dr. Ehrmann has used the bituminate of iodoform with success in the treatment of soft chancres, especially phagedenic, as a dressing, after the opening of suppurating buboes, in gummy tumors and in ulcers of the leg.1888 October, “Bituminate of Iodoform”, in The Epitome, number 34, page 509

bituminate meaning in Tamil

bituminate in Tamil

நிலக்கீலோடு கல, நிலக்கீல் பூசு

Synonyms of bituminate

Forms of bituminate

Verb
third-person singular presentbituminates
present participlebituminating
past participlebituminated
pastbituminated
Noun
pluralbituminates

Origin of bituminate

First attested in 1628; borrowed from Late Latin bitūminātus, perfect passive participle of bitūminō (“to bituminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from bitūmen + verb-forming suffix.

Questions about bituminate

What does bituminate mean?
Bituminate means to treat or impregnate with bitumen.
What is bituminate in Tamil?
Bituminate in Tamil is நிலக்கீலோடு கல, நிலக்கீல் பூசு. See Bituminate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bituminate?
Bituminate can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce bituminate?
Bituminate is pronounced /bɪˈtjuːmɪneɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of bituminate?
The past tense of bituminate is bituminated.

Words near bituminate in the dictionary

  1. bitumening
  2. bitumenised
  3. bitumenized
  4. bitumens
  5. bitumina
  6. bituminate
  7. bituminated
  8. bituminates
  9. bituminating
  10. bituminiferous
  11. bituminious

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