road metal
broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.
Origin of road metal
1- Also called metal.
Words Nearby road metal
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How to use road metal in a sentence
The figure was that of a negro, who sat on a rock pile in the sun, hammering limestone chunks into road metal.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckThe slag solidifies into a hard stone which is broken up and used for making concrete and tar-paving, also for road metal.
The Romance of War Inventions | Thomas W. CorbinThe stones have been taken for road metal, the earth to lay on the land.
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight | J. Cecil HughesHe carted away the interesting land-mark and broke up the cairn into road metal.
Highways and Byways in The Border | Andrew LangYet how few have the energy and public spirit to get up and go for that dog with sticks, umbrellas, and pieces of road-metal!
Lost Leaders | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for road metal
crushed rock, broken stone, etc, used to construct a road
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