blacktop
Americannoun
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a bituminous substance, usually asphalt, for paving roads, parking lots, playgrounds, etc.
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a road covered with blacktop.
adjective
verb (used with object)
noun
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a bituminous mixture used for paving
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a road paved with this mixture
Etymology
Origin of blacktop
Example Sentences
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Shirtless, he paced relentless circles on the blacktop.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
I pulled into the parking lot of the Carson Home Depot, a sprawling Southern California blacktop shared with Albertsons, Staples, and a McDonald’s.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
It’s three miles from there to State Route 92, a trek through mesquite and grassland, floodplains and furrows that serve as a rough-hewn pathway to the two-lane blacktop and the interior that lies beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2025
"When she starts running her mouth, you better not say anything back because she won't miss!" is what was shared amongst the dudes who battled her on the blacktop daily.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
Banging the ball against the blacktop: thwump, thwump.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
Several roads need to be blacktopped and curbs and flagpoles need to be replaced.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016
By July's first dawn, the blacktopped, coral runway of Kwajalein islet was ablaze with lights.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the gravel road is blacktopped now, there are fewer trees and more and more ordered rows of cotton.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along blacktopped, four-lane Route 1, built by the U.S., there are miles of drive-in restaurants, Laundromats, pizza parlors and souvenir stands.
From Time Magazine Archive
We stared out atSnapfinger Cemetery, and the blacktopped Rural Route 2 that stretched out to bigger roads across all of Mississippi and beyond.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation and Smithville Telephone Co. have donated money in the past couple years for repairs and blacktopping at the cemetery.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016
Take Dave Petrovits, who owns a company that does site development and blacktopping and who serves on the executive committee of the county Republican Party.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010
Archie moved that $5,000 be allotted for blacktopping this year.
From Time Magazine Archive
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