bituminateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: (英国発音) /bɪˈtjuːmɪneɪt/, (米国発音) /bəˈtuməneɪt/

動詞

bituminate (third-person singular simple present bituminates, present participle bituminating, simple past and past participle bituminated)

1. (transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.

   Synonyms: bituminize, bituminise, bitumenize

   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     Bituminated walls of Babylon.

名詞

bituminate (plural bituminates)

1. A substance that has been treated with bitumen.
   • 1888 October, “Bituminate of Iodoform”, in The Epitome, number 34, page 509:

     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.