Uttal

  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈbɪtjumɛn/
  • US:
    • IPA: /bɪˈtumən/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew’s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.
  2. By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
  3. (Canadian English) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oilhttp://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/OilSands/793.asp

Exempel

  • You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore. Follow this with a layer of compacted "hoggin" – compacted clay, gravel and sand. This is then sprayed with hot bitumen, and has a layer of pea shingle rolled into it.

Böjningsformer

Pluralbitumens
Pluralbitumina