Blacktop Definition

blăktŏp
blacktopped, blacktopping, blacktops
noun
blacktops
A bituminous material, such as asphalt, used to pave roads.
American Heritage
A bituminous mixture, usually asphalt, used as a surface for roads, driveways, etc.
Webster's New World
A road, lot, etc. covered with blacktop.
Webster's New World

(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac). [from 20th c.]

Wiktionary
(US, countable) A road so paved.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To pave with a bituminous material.
American Heritage
To cover with blacktop.
Webster's New World

(US) To pave with blacktop. [from 20th c.]

The county first blacktopped that road decades ago.
Wiktionary

Origin of Blacktop

Blacktop Sentence Examples

  • The road leading to the castle was modern blacktop.

  • But thanks to their quest for gold, the entire region was now traversed by hundreds of semi-navigable trails, open to those who dared venture from the blacktop of civilization to the timeless beauty of an unchanged world.

  • You can race in sand, snow, blacktop and a couple of the tracks have any combination of the three.

  • They also make a great work boot, solid enough that you'll feel stable whether you're on blacktop or gravel.

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