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
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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
"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
On the morning of the landslide, Ron DeQuilettes, an electrical contractor who also did blacktop installation work, was to come to the house to give an estimate for a new driveway.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
He held it down close to the blacktop, then up high in the air.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
Several roads need to be blacktopped and curbs and flagpoles need to be replaced.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016
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
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
A short sidewalk led over to the blacktopped driveway, and both the sidewalk and the blacktop were just as crumbly as the porch, with large patches of rocks and dirt showing through.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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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