sascab

English

Noun

sascab (uncountable)

1. A naturally occurring mineral material used as a building and paving material in Mesoamerica since antiquity.
   • 2009 August 18, Marc Lacey, “A Battle as the Tide Takes Away Cancún Sand”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As for the use of police tape, he said the unauthorized work, which included the introduction of a sand substitute known as sascab, was against the law and thus created a crime scene.