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sascab

sascab noun: a naturally occurring mineral material used as a building and paving material in Mesoamerica since antiquity.

Noun

sascab (uncountable)

  1. A naturally occurring mineral material used as a building and paving material in Mesoamerica since antiquity.
    • As for the use of police tape, he said the unauthorized work, which included the introduction of a sand substitute known as sascab, was against the law and thus created a crime scene.2009 August 18, Marc Lacey, “A Battle as the Tide Takes Away Cancún Sand”, in New York Times

Questions about sascab

What does sascab mean?
Sascab means a naturally occurring mineral material used as a building and paving material in Mesoamerica since antiquity.
What part of speech is sascab?
Sascab is a noun.

Words near sascab in the dictionary

  1. sasaparillas
  2. sasarara
  3. sasawood
  4. sasbachite
  5. Sasca Montană
  6. sascab
  7. Sascut
  8. SASE
  9. Sasebo
  10. saseng
  11. sasengs

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