blacktop
a bituminous substance, usually asphalt, for paving roads, parking lots, playgrounds, etc.
a road covered with blacktop.
pertaining to or surfaced with blacktop: a blacktop driveway.
to pave with blacktop.
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How to use blacktop in a sentence
Snow was falling, the blacktop was wet, and she had just watched her husband of 29 years take his last breath.
Life, death and ‘hugs and prayers’: A story of covid in rural Michigan | Kayla Ruble | January 18, 2022 | Washington PostHe made it about 30 feet, heard a terrible roar, felt the heat, and dove underneath a van, skinning his stomach as he slid along the blacktop, sailing under it as though he were riding a luge.
Sept. 11, 2001: An ordinary work day, then surreal scenes of dread and death | David Maraniss | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostFor cyclists, however, the focus is blacktop, and the sheer number of road options is the real attraction.
The 105-mile, two-lane blacktop follows the ridgeline through the center of the park, offering 75 scenic overlooks and a whopping 15,000 feet of climbing.
The Ultimate Shenandoah National Park Travel Guide | Graham Averill | October 7, 2020 | Outside OnlineA mix of snow and rain had fallen throughout the night, leaving the blacktop slick.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip | October 6, 2020 | ProPublica
The place is twenty-six miles north on blacktop, another three and a half over gravel.
Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean | Pete Dexter | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe walked down the bluestone and blacktop driveway and through shadows thrown by the branches of seven leafless oak trees.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMiami Heat star Chris Bosh admits he loves nothing more than engaging in a fierce, hard-fought battle on the blacktop.
Chris Bosh On the NBA Star-Studded New York City Fundraiser for Obama | Allison Samuels | August 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen the blacktop road curved out into the desert to the great radio telescope.
The Egyptian Cat Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinI had a parcel from Bob with a shirt and some eatables; also one from Jean at blacktop and one from home.
The Escape of a Princess Pat | George PearsonZircon took a blacktop road to the west, close to the base of the mountain.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinAt the end of the blacktop, he and Scotty got out and examined the road surface.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinOn the Golp Terrace, as the blacktop island was called, everyone and everything conformed—or else.
A Knyght Ther Was | Robert F. Young
British Dictionary definitions for blacktop
/ (ˈblækˌtɒp) /
a bituminous mixture used for paving
a road paved with this mixture
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