blacktop

noun

black·​top ˈblak-ˌtäp How to pronounce blacktop (audio)
: 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 Loading your audio article On a recent late summer evening, the sounds of children’s sneakers clopping against the blacktop echoed across a hotel parking lot near downtown San Jose. Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2024 The rest drive in every day along the stretch of two-lane blacktop that separates the ranch from U.S. 60. Need a break? Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024 Brooklyn: Most of the borough has been plowed within the last three hours, with trucks slowing as blacktop emerged from the slush and the sun began to peek through the clouds. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2024 The demolition of hundreds of homes and businesses to create what turned out to be an isolated 1.4-mile-long stretch of sunken blacktop was an example of what happens when a predominantly Black, working-class community is seen by the powerful as no more than an obstacle to progress. Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for blacktop 

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Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blacktop was in 1917

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“Blacktop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacktop. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

blacktop

noun
black·​top -ˌtäp How to pronounce blacktop (audio)
: a bituminous material (as asphalt) used especially for surfacing roads
also : a surface paved with blacktop
blacktop verb

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