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black⋅top

[blak-top] noun, adjective, verb, -topped, -top⋅ping.
–noun
1. a bituminous substance, usually asphalt, for paving roads, parking lots, playgrounds, etc.
2. a road covered with blacktop.
–adjective
3. pertaining to or surfaced with blacktop: a blacktop driveway.
–verb (used with object)
4. to pave with blacktop.

Origin:
1930–35, Americanism; black + top 1
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black·top   (blāk'tŏp')   
n.  A bituminous material, such as asphalt, used to pave roads.
tr.v.   black·topped, black·top·ping, black·tops
To pave with a bituminous material.
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