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.

词汇	malthoid
释义	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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