Blacktop

Word BLACKTOP
Character 8
Hyphenation blacktop
Pronunciations /ˈblæktɒp/

Definitions and meanings of "Blacktop"

What do we mean by blacktop?

A bituminous material, such as asphalt, used to pave roads. noun

To pave with a bituminous material. transitive verb

A bituminous material used for providing a smooth paving to a road. noun

The surface of a road paved with blacktop{1}. noun

Coat with blacktop verb

A black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock noun

Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).

A road so paved.

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The word "blacktop" in example sentences

She said that blacktop is about 20 degrees warmer than regular pavement. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Macadam (a material fashioned from coal slag and coil that we know as blacktop) was developed in Scotland. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Asphalt, also known as blacktop, is derived from crude oil, and its cost has been rising so far and fast that it is busting some highway construction and maintenance budgets. ❋ RICHARD RICHTMYER (2008)

From Guadalajara, your routes could be either through the long, slow, very scenic route of Old 15, a two-lane blacktop which is going to take you through some terrific countryside, lots of towns and topes, and quick frequently the back end of a truck or bus. ❋ Unknown (2002)

I remember when Jim Thompson was governor and the roads were being retopped with "blacktop" and there was a stink raised because Europe has a new road surface that lasts for 20 years and we should spend our money on this. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They were finally rescued by the appearance of a rare hill on that two-lane blacktop, which slowed down the rig enough to allow Daddy to get far ahead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just beyond, pink impatiens line the blacktop driveway that leads into the garage where rows of tools arranged by size hang above the workbench. ❋ Maura Fitzgerald (2011)

His body - half swallowed up by blacktop - resembles a rocket that has plummeted to earth. ❋ Nicole Campoy-Leffler (2011)

Few seconds later the pandemonium moved out of the building and on to the blacktop, and only then it occurred to me that a big fight was underway. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I turned my car around, drove straight to the nearest two-lane blacktop, and headed for Bowie. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The rude bump of the wheels on blacktop and the soft ding of the "seatbelt off" sign after taxiing are inevitably accompanied by the impatient sound of one hundred seatbelts flying off as eager travelers stampede for the privilege of being the first to stand in line at baggage claim. ❋ Gemma De Choisy (2011)

Every player in the rink has grown up with some form of the game, from the weekend warriors—specialists of the blacktop with the shredded sweatpants to prove it—to former college ice hockey stars, whose gear is also the first clue to their pedigree. ❋ Joshua Robinson (2011)

One night, when Patrick was thirteen, all of the boys were at one house, engaged in their usual string of entertainments—a little Xbox, an hour or so on the blacktop playing basketball, breaks for chips and juice, periodic bursts of IM-ing various girls, time out for a movie they had watched twenty times before. ❋ Susan Engel (2011)

It's like when we broke down in the car on the way to Pennsylvania so many years ago, Frank and I and Cara, broke down and just sat in the broken car, sticking in the plastic seats, watching the heat curl off of the blacktop as we waited for someone to come along and help us. ❋ Brett Rosenblatt (2011)

One station had kids hitting off a tee, another had kids taking infield on the blacktop, and a third had kids catching fly balls and throwing to a cutoff man. ❋ Scott Gummer (2011)

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