Asphalt

Quick meaning: Asphalt is a noun meaning Ellipsis of asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.

Meaning

Ellipsis of asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To pave with asphalt.
2. A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam, blacktop, bitumen

The mining of asphalt was big business in this area in the early twentieth century.

Please hose off the asphalt near the top of the driveway if the trucks get lots of mud on it.

89.2 million tons of RAP are used annually in new asphalt pavement construction in the United States.

Word Forms

• asphalts
• asphalte
• asphalting
• asphalted

Synonyms for asphalt

Depending on context, synonyms include bitumen, tarmacadam, blacktop, tar, macadam, paved.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tar, tarmacadam, paved, macadam, macadamized, bitumen.

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