blacktop

[ blak-top ]

/ ˈblækˌtɒp /

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noun

a bituminous substance, usually asphalt, for paving roads, parking lots, playgrounds, etc.

a road covered with blacktop.

adjective

pertaining to or surfaced with blacktop: a blacktop driveway.

verb (used with object), black·topped, black·top·ping.

to pave with blacktop.

RELATED WORDS

bitumen

Nearby words

blackstrap molasses, blacktail, blackthorn, blacktip shark, blacktongue, blacktop, blacktown, blackwall hitch, blackwash, blackwater, blackwater fever

Origin of blacktop

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; black + top¹

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Examples from the Web for blacktop

The place is twenty-six miles north on blacktop, another three and a half over gravel.
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She walked down the bluestone and blacktop driveway and through shadows thrown by the branches of seven leafless oak trees.
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Miami Heat star Chris Bosh admits he loves nothing more than engaging in a fierce, hard-fought battle on the blacktop.
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I had a parcel from Bob with a shirt and some eatables; also one from Jean at Blacktop and one from home.
The Escape of a Princess Pat|George Pearson

He turned off the blacktop and started down the rutted path.
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At the end of the blacktop, he and Scotty got out and examined the road surface.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Then the blacktop road curved out into the desert to the great radio telescope.
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Zircon took a blacktop road to the west, close to the base of the mountain.
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British Dictionary definitions for blacktop

blacktop

/ (ˈblækˌtɒp) /

noun mainly US and Canadian

a bituminous mixture used for paving

a road paved with this mixture

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