What does bituminous mean?

bituminous means "resembling or containing bitumen".

How many syllables are in bituminous?

bituminous has 4 syllables: bi-tu-mi-nous. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /bɪˈtumənəs/.

Is bituminous a common word?

bituminous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Bituminous — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
resembling or containing bitumen
“bituminous coal”

Questions about bituminous

What does bituminous mean?: bituminous means "resembling or containing bitumen".
How many syllables are in bituminous?: bituminous has 4 syllables: bi-tu-mi-nous. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /bɪˈtumənəs/.
Is bituminous a common word?: bituminous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bituminous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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