Pissasphalt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pissasphalt is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
Example Sentences
These minerals are intimately incorporated with all asphaltum, pissasphalt and petroleum. […] The impregnated sand, A to B, has a nearly horizontal lamination, but is contorted in places by the ascent of the pissasphalt.
Word Forms
- pisasphaltum
- pisasphalt
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pisasphalt, pisasphaltum, asphalt, asphalte, asphaltite, asphaltum.
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