road metal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of road metal
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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I had a medium-brown driveway that used chert road metal from the Meramec River region in Missouri.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
It is worked in many pits for road metal.
From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil
The outcrop runs by Tingwick, Buckingham, Berehampton and Newport Pagnell, it is quarried at Wolverton and elsewhere for road metal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Flints from the chalk are used for road metal and concrete, and have been employed in building as a facing for walls.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
ThePg 187 paths were made of Turkish tombstones, which were always used in Uskub for road metal.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora
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