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rawmix

rawmix noun: a powder consisting of a mixture of limestone and clay or shale, used as the raw ingredient of Portland cement.

Noun

rawmix (uncountable)

  1. (cement manufacturing) A powder consisting of a mixture of limestone and clay or shale, used as the raw ingredient of Portland cement.
    • If all you had to worry about was turning rawmix into clinker. But it's not. You have to make the rawmix, you have to powder the clinker, you have to ship in the fuel, the limestone, the shale or clay, package and ship out the Portland cement. You need to provide instructions on the mixing of the...2014, Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff, 1636: The Viennese Waltz, Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 258

Origin of rawmix

Compound of raw + mix.

Questions about rawmix

What does rawmix mean?
Rawmix means a powder consisting of a mixture of limestone and clay or shale, used as the raw ingredient of Portland cement.
What part of speech is rawmix?
Rawmix is a noun.

Words near rawmix in the dictionary

  1. Rawlsian
  2. Rawlsianism
  3. Rawlsians
  4. rawly
  5. Rawmarsh
  6. rawmix
  7. rawness
  8. rawnesses
  9. rawnie
  10. rawnies
  11. Rawnsley

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