blacktop
pronunciation
How to pronounce blacktop in British English:
UK [ˈblæktɒp]
How to pronounce blacktop in American English:
US [ˈblæktɑp]
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- Noun:
- a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
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- Verb:
- coat with blacktop
Word Origin
- blacktop (n.)
- road resurfacing material, 1931, American English, from black (adj.) + top (n.1).
Example
- 1. The kind you loved in smokey and the bandit and two-lane blacktop .
- 2. Yet their summers more likely involve city recreation centers , steamy blacktop , or a splash in a public pool or a fire hydrant turned fountain .
- 3. You decide you will wait until ten cars have rushed past on the blacktop road , and if your mother hasn 't arrived by then you will get up and walk back to the house .