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Definition of Blacktop
1. Verb. Coat with blacktop. "Blacktop the driveway"
2. Noun. A black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock.
Definition of Blacktop
1. Noun. (American English) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac) ¹
2. Verb. (American English) To pave with blacktop. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blacktop
1. to pave with asphalt [v -TOPPED, -TOPPING, -TOPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blacktop
Literary usage of Blacktop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sheep Farming in America by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1912)
"On the farm it is nip and tuck in point of profit between the Rambouillet and
the blacktop and Delaine types. The blacktop breeders claim, with considerable ..."
2. Habitats by Jo Ellen Moore (1998)
"Materials • sponges • container of water • sidewalk or blacktop Steps to Follow 1.
... Wipe a wet sponge across a section of sidewalk or blacktop. ..."
3. Adventure Guide to Oklahoma by Lynne M. Sullivan (1999)
"Find the mesa by driving west on SH-325 to a blacktop road marked "Colorado. ...
Turn north onto the blacktop road and travel about five miles to the ..."
4. Preliminary Report on Petroleum in Alaska by George Curtis Martin (1921)
"At blacktop the bed is about 100 feet below the valley, ... The blacktop mine,
1 mile west of Lore City, is operated by the Morris Coal Co. ..."
5. Small Unit Actions in World War II in France, Italy and Spain by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"rejoined at the intersection of the lane with the blacktop highway, where the
Rangers turned west, moving along the edges. As they reached the cluster of ..."
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