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单词 malthoid
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Definition of malthoid in English:

malthoid

noun ˈmalθɔɪd
mass nounAustralian, NZ trademark

  • A material impregnated with bitumen, used in roofing and as a damp-proof course in brickwork, etc.

    this moisture barrier might be metal, plastic, or malthoid
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Place any malthoid moisture barriers required by the local municipal authority onto the top of the stumps.
    • Lay the first sheet of malthoid, starting at the top, and allowing 3 inches to go over the ridge.
    • Moreover, Malthoid was chosen as the standard roofing by the building committee of the exposition.
    • It was a malthoid wicket and gee it was fast.
    • Heat caused the malthoid roofing to stretch and buckle.
    • He lived alone in a windowless malthoid shack furnished with a trestle table, sofa, bed, and gas rings.
    • At present there is being tried a compressed felt roofing material known as malthoid.
    • Each hut was unheated but lined with building paper and roofed with malthoid.
    • The supplies were mostly pre-cut timber and iron as well as bundles of wire, wire-netting, malthoid and nails.
    • We played on coir matting, which is laid on top of the malthoid.

Origin

1930s: from maltha, a type of cement made with pitch, + -oid.
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