"Bitumen" is a word in ENGLISH
By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons,
including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the
semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the
light, volatile naphthas.
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. See Asphalt.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
Read the complete definitionTo raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above …
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