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mineral tar
noun
bitumen of the consistency of tar; maltha.
mineral tar
noun
Also called: maltha.a natural black viscous tar intermediate in properties between petroleum and asphalt
Word History and Origins
Origin of mineral tar1
Example Sentences
The chief were wine, coal, timber, mineral tar, fertilizers and lobsters and crayfish.
A kind, called mineral tar, is also drawn from coal by the process of distillation.
In the vicinity of Los Angeles there are a number of warm springs which throw out and deposit large quantities of bitumen or mineral tar.
We saw the same kind of roof material as before, a sort of mineral tar which I supposed they must find somewhere about.
This is the mine of chapapote or mineral tar of the country.
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