Blacktop

Quick meaning: Blacktop is a noun meaning (US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).

Meaning

(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).

More Meanings

1. (US, countable) A road so paved.
2. (US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
3. (US) To pave with blacktop.

Example Sentences

The county first blacktopped that road decades ago

Then I was around the hill on the blacktop and in another country.

From the dismissive receptionist in the main office to the lines on the school blacktop for dropping off and picking up children, schools often make parents feel that they must justify their presence.

At one time, students were able to play basketball on the blacktop behind the school building, and teachers were also able to park on campus. Now, teachers park on the streets, and there is no place for students to let off steam with casual, non-organized sports before or after school.

Word Forms

• blacktops
• black top
• black-top
• blacktopping
• blacktopped

Synonyms for blacktop

Depending on context, synonyms include blacktopping.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pave, lane, blackstuff, bitumen, macadam, asphalt.

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