road metal


nounBritish.
  1. broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.

Origin of road metal

1
First recorded in 1810–20

Words Nearby road metal

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How to use road metal in a sentence

  • The figure was that of a negro, who sat on a rock pile in the sun, hammering limestone chunks into road metal.

    The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
  • The slag solidifies into a hard stone which is broken up and used for making concrete and tar-paving, also for road metal.

  • The stones have been taken for road metal, the earth to lay on the land.

  • He carted away the interesting land-mark and broke up the cairn into road metal.

  • Yet how few have the energy and public spirit to get up and go for that dog with sticks, umbrellas, and pieces of road-metal!

    Lost Leaders | Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for road metal

road metal

noun
  1. crushed rock, broken stone, etc, used to construct a road

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