Asphaltic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.

    "asphaltic concrete; asphaltic sediment"

  2. 2
    Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel). obsolete

    "As Sodomes Apples, neere th’Asphalticke lake, Of specious shew, yet touch’t, to ashes turning, So are sinnes poysons sweete, yet bane to take;"

Adjective
  1. 1
    containing asphalt wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bituminous

Example

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"asphaltic concrete; asphaltic sediment"

Etymology

From asphalt + -ic.

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