[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Originally: a viscid form of bitumen. Later: any of various softish, viscid forms of natural asphalt (also called mineral tar).


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin maltha, malta mixture of pitch or lime with fat or wax (also applied to a kind of natural bitumen) from ancient Greek μάλθα, μάλθη mixture of wax and pitch, perhaps from μαλθακός