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goudron

/ɡuːˈdɹɒn/

goudron noun: tar, especially boiled tar.

Noun

goudron (plural goudrons)

  1. Tar, especially boiled tar.
    • The manner of laying down the asphalt is as follows : -A fire is first lighted under the boiler, then the goudron is put in.1887, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, Transactions, volume 17, page 213
    • About 50 kilos of goudron from Romany oil were carefully cracked at about 400 °C., partly with steam an partly without. In the latter case, dark paraffin wax was obtained from the higher fractions, […]1900, Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain), Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, page 652

Examples of goudron in a sentence

  • The carbon electrodes rest on a layer f of goudron, which is tar boiled or evaporated to a density greater than that of ordinary tar.1903, Great Britain. Patent Office, Patents for Inventions. Abridgments of Specifications, page 75:
  • In some parts the oil soaks through river alluvia and forms small goudron deposits.1906, The Petroleum Review ..., page 156:
  • (6) Natural liquid goudrons are solutions of more or less oxidized (resinified) solid hydrocarbons in liquid hydrocarbons, and are therefore thick and viscous.1923, Petroleum Times:

Forms of goudron

pluralgoudrons

Origin of goudron

Borrowed from French goudron (“tar”).

Questions about goudron

What does goudron mean?
Goudron means tar, especially boiled tar.
How do you use goudron in a sentence?
The carbon electrodes rest on a layer f of goudron, which is tar boiled or evaporated to a density greater than that of ordinary tar.
What part of speech is goudron?
Goudron is a noun.
How do you pronounce goudron?
Goudron is pronounced /ɡuːˈdɹɒn/.
What is the plural of goudron?
The plural of goudron is goudrons.

Words near goudron in the dictionary

  1. Goudi
  2. Goudie
  3. Goudies
  4. Goudreau
  5. Goudreaus
  6. goudron
  7. goudrons
  8. gouds
  9. Goudy
  10. Goudys
  11. gouernement

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