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pozzuolana

pozzuolana is the alternative spelling of pozzolana.

Meaning of pozzolana

Noun

pozzolana (countable and uncountable, plural pozzolanas)

  1. A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.
    • Finally the street is strewn with pozzolana to prevent the horses from slipping on the smooth paving.1962, WH Auden; Elizabeth Mayer, translating JW Goethe, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 450

Forms of pozzuolana

pluralpozzuolanas

Questions about pozzuolana

What is pozzuolana the alternative spelling of?
Pozzuolana is the alternative spelling of pozzolana.

Words near pozzuolana in the dictionary

  1. pozzolanas
  2. pozzolanic
  3. pozzolanicity
  4. pozzolans
  5. pozzolona
  6. pozzuolana
  7. pozzuolanas
  8. pozzuolanic
  9. pozzy
  10. Poço das Antas
  11. poë

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