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asphalt


2asphalt

verb

Definition of ASPHALT

transitive verb
: to cover with asphalt : pave 1

First Known Use of ASPHALT

circa 1859

Other Civil Engineering Terms

ballast, barrage, cantilever, infrastructure, sluice

Rhymes with ASPHALT

assault, basalt, Chennault, cobalt, cross vault, default, desalt, exalt, fan vault, foot fault, gestalt, no-fault, pole vault, rock salt, Schwarzwald, stringhalt

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