What does bituminate mean?
Bituminate means (transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen..
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/bɪˈtjuːmɪneɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen..
Bituminated walls of Babylon.
Dr. Ehrmann has used the bituminate of iodoform with success in the treatment of soft chancres, especially phagedenic, as a dressing, after the opening of suppurating buboes, in gummy tumors and in ulcers of the leg.
Use bituminate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bituminate means (transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen..
Common synonyms include bituminize, bituminise, bitumenize.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Bituminated walls of Babylon.
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