[ ˌɒrɪ'mʌlʃ(ə)n ]
■ noun trademark a fuel consisting of an emulsion of bitumen in water.
Origin
1980s: blend of Orinoco (an oil belt in Venezuela where the bitumen was orig. extracted) and emulsion .
[ ˌɒrɪ'mʌlʃ(ə)n ]
■ noun trademark a fuel consisting of an emulsion of bitumen in water.
Origin
1980s: blend of Orinoco (an oil belt in Venezuela where the bitumen was orig. extracted) and emulsion .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004