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bitumen
1: an asphalt of Asia Minor used in ancient times as a cement and mortar2: any of various mixtures of hydrocarbons (as tar) often together with their nonmetallic derivatives that occur naturally or are obtained as residues after heat-refining natural substances (as petroleum)
; specifically : such a mixture soluble in carbon disulfide
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