blacktop – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
blacktop
v.
cover with asphalt
n.
asphalt
Asphalt concrete
Asphalt concrete (commonly called
asphalt,
blacktop, or
pavement in North America, and
tarmac or
bitumen macadam in Great Britain and Ireland) is a
composite material commonly used to surface
roads,
parking lots, and
airports. It consists of
mineral aggregate bound together with
asphalt, laid in layers, and compacted. The process was refined and enhanced by Belgian inventor and U.S. immigrant Edward de Smedt. It is increasingly being used as the core of
embankment dams.
blacktop
Noun
1. a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
(synonym) blacktopping
(hypernym) paving material
Verb
1. coat with blacktop; "blacktop the driveway"
(hypernym) coat, surface
(derivation) blacktopping
blacktop
Rzecz.
asfalt
blacktop
Synonyms and related words:
Tarmac, Tarvia, asphalt, bitumen, bituminous macadam, brick, carpet, causeway, cement, cobble, cobblestone, concrete, curb, curbing, curbstone, edgestone, flag, flagging, flagstone, floor, gravel, kerb, kerbstone, macadam, metal, pave, pavement, pavestone, paving, paving stone, pebble, road metal, stone, tar, tarmacadam, tile, washboard
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
