blacktop

noun

black·​top ˈblak-ˌtäp 

: a bituminous material used especially for surfacing roads

also : a surface paved with blacktop

blacktop transitive verb

Examples of blacktop in a Sentence

road crews laying down blacktop

Recent Examples on the Web

Specifically, Callaghan said acquiring the village property along Everdon Drive would allow the district to implement Phase 2 of the project, which includes relocating Keller’s existing playground and adding a dedicated blacktop space for recess and bus rider arrival and dismissal. —Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

Trae Jones brought the sledgehammer down on the manhole cover, each strike loosening the cast-iron lid and cracking the fresh blacktop that had settled around its edges. —Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Dec. 2025

That afternoon, a Sunday, the boys had borrowed the taxi, and Zain had driven on the blacktop road for the first time. —Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025

Massive trees rise from the edge of the narrow one-lane blacktop, and waterfalls are scattered throughout the forest. —Graham Averill, Outside, 22 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blacktop

• atop
• backdrop
• backstop
• bebop
• bookshop
• clatsop
• desktop
• eavesdrop
• estop
• hardtop
• hilltop
• laptop

Kids Definition

blacktop

noun

black·​top -ˌtäp 

: a bituminous material (as asphalt) used especially for surfacing roads

also : a surface paved with blacktop

blacktop verb