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Bitumen is an English word with synonyms like hydrocarbon. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Bitumen in a sentence

Bitumen meaning

  1. A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. 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.; Mineral pitch.
  2. Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
  3. Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.

Synonyms of Bitumen

hydrocarbon

Using Bitumen

  • The main meaning on this page is: A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. 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.; Mineral pitch. | Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas. | Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
  • Useful related words include: hydrocarbon.
  • In the example corpus, bitumen often appears in combinations such as: of bitumen, asphalt bitumen, the bitumen.

Context around Bitumen

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

delivering 1× heat 1× oilsands 1× alberta 1× standard 1× volume 1× global 1× spraying 1× mixed 1× modified 1×

Often after:

road 2× favouring 1× mining 1× blocks 1× paver 1× topped 1× mostly 1×

Sentence patterns with Bitumen

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

although often bitumen is used 1× and spraying bitumen to maintain 1× application of bitumen or over 1× bitumen a black 1× bitumen from oil 1× byproducts of bitumen mining 1× citation or bitumen as hard 1× consumption of bitumen mostly used 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bitumen a black 1× bitumen from oil 1× both upgraders at 1× consumption of bitumen 1× he specifically informed 1× in 1824 belgian 1×

Common sentence endings:

2002 and 2008 1× a fortnight ago 1× a waterproof surface 1× application of stone 1× effective than bitumen 1× in august 2019 1×

Words around Bitumen

Just before it in the word index:

bitul 2 bitu 3 bittylicious 3 bitty 27 bittwatt 5 bittube 5

Just after it in the word index:

bituminous 19 biturbo 2 bitusd 4 bitwarden 7 bitwhite 6 bitwise 31

Similar in corpus frequency:

anthropologists 135 archived 135 awakens 135 baez 135 bancroft 135 braces 135

Corpus analysis for Bitumen

  • In this selection, "bitumen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, delivering, heat, oilsands, road, favouring and mining stand out and add context to how "bitumen" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include although often bitumen is used and and spraying bitumen to maintain. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bitumen" sits close to words such as anthropologists, archived and awakens, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bitumen

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Bitumen from oil sands in Alberta. (6 words)

There’s a painstaking history of the use of bitumen over the millenniums. (13 words)

The distribution of road surfaces is: citation * convert standard bitumen road * convert low-volume bitumen road. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

In his remarks, the director-general of the Mining Cadastral Office (MCO), Engr Obadiah Nkom revealed that there have been two unsuccessful attempts at concessioning Nigeria’s Bitumen blocks in 2002 and 2008. (33 words)

The plan is to upgrade Alberta's thick oilsands bitumen in the province before shipping it to those North American refineries which would otherwise reject Alberta bitumen, favouring lighter oil blends instead. (32 words)

The North West Redwater ("NWR") refinery primarily utilizes bitumen as feedstock, with production of ultra-low sulphur diesel and other refined products averaging 78,569 bbl/d in Q1/24. (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

The police seized six tankers delivering bitumen, a tanker to which bitumen was being filled, weighing equipment, gas cylinder used to heat bitumen, and nine mobile phones.

The plan is to upgrade Alberta's thick oilsands bitumen in the province before shipping it to those North American refineries which would otherwise reject Alberta bitumen, favouring lighter oil blends instead.

Some printmakers use oil/tar based asphaltum citation or bitumen as hard ground, although often bitumen is used to protect steel plates from rust and copper plates from aging.

The distribution of road surfaces is: citation * convert standard bitumen road * convert low-volume bitumen road.

According to the former Ebonyi State Governor, the use of cement for road construction has been tested in some states and it is cost-effective than bitumen.

Bitumen, a black, petroleum-based medium conventionally used in waterproofing, lends his tart yet affecting output a striking monochrome palette.

He specifically informed the Senate that more than 80% of global bitumen is found in Canada, United States of America, Venezuela, and Nigeria.

The regulator soon concluded the water had come from tailings ponds where the company stored the toxic sludge-like byproducts of bitumen mining.

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There’s a painstaking history of the use of bitumen over the millenniums.

The work includes pavement rehabilitation and spraying bitumen to maintain the road with a waterproof surface.

In 1824, Belgian chemist Edmund de Smedt mixed bitumen with sand and rock to create asphalt.

In his remarks, the director-general of the Mining Cadastral Office (MCO), Engr Obadiah Nkom revealed that there have been two unsuccessful attempts at concessioning Nigeria’s Bitumen blocks in 2002 and 2008.

Loose crushed stone is often left on the surface, owing to under-application of bitumen or over-application of stone.

PWD engineer-in-chief RK Mehra said, “We have adopted various techniques for road repair, including bitumen, paver blocks, and now, the concretization of damaged stretches.

The bitumen-topped stretch was completely worn out after heavy downpour due to Cyclone Fengal a fortnight ago.

The building will feature multiple crane rails, bar joists, aluminum canopies, CMU walls with brick veneer, and a combination of modified bitumen and standing seam roofs.

The North West Redwater ("NWR") refinery primarily utilizes bitumen as feedstock, with production of ultra-low sulphur diesel and other refined products averaging 78,569 bbl/d in Q1/24.

Bitumen from oil sands in Alberta.

Both upgraders at Base Plant remain online at minimum rates and are processing in situ bitumen.

Consumption of bitumen, mostly used in road construction, increased 36.8% annually in the month, mainly on a lower base of abnormally low sales in August, 2019.

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Common combinations with bitumen

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bitumen" in a sentence?
An example: "The police seized six tankers delivering bitumen, a tanker to which bitumen was being filled, weighing equipment, gas cylinder used to heat bitumen, and nine mobile phones." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "bitumen" from authentic English texts.
What does "bitumen" mean?
Bitumen means: A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. 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.; Mineral pitch.
What are synonyms of "bitumen"?
Common synonyms of "bitumen" include: hydrocarbon.
How many example sentences with "bitumen" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "bitumen", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.