pozzolana
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- Scrabble points
- 29
- Words With Friends
- 32
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- 9
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Definition of pozzolana
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.
“Finally the street is strewn with pozzolana to prevent the horses from slipping on the smooth paving.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian pozz(u)olana, earth of Pozzuoli, a town near Naples, itself from Latin Puteoli, ultimately from the verb puteō (“stink”).
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