blacktop

[blak-top]

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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

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.
Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She walked down the bluestone and blacktop driveway and through shadows thrown by the branches of seven leafless oak trees.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns|Jimmy Breslin|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Miami Heat star Chris Bosh admits he loves nothing more than engaging in a fierce, hard-fought battle on the blacktop.
Chris Bosh On the NBA Star-Studded New York City Fundraiser for Obama|Allison Samuels|August 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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.
Lease to Doomsday|Lee Archer
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.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
Zircon took a blacktop road to the west, close to the base of the mountain.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for blacktop

blacktop

noun mainly US and Canadian

a bituminous mixture used for paving

a road paved with this mixture

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Word Origin and History for blacktop

blacktop

road resurfacing material, 1931, American English, from black (adj.) + top (n.1).