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
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But in two dozen recent interviews along Colorado’s Highway 52 — a two-lane blacktop road punctuated by grain elevators, feedlots and oil pumpjacks — Trump voters echoed the president's logic.
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Brad Brooks, USA Today, 16 May 2026
This company makes gas, diesel and chemicals like bitumen, used in making blacktop pavement.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
To increase local storage, Reznik wants to see more smaller and mid-size projects in the San Fernando Valley and South LA, such as removing hardscape like blacktop from schools and parks and creating more green space.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Inside, workers placed large plywood and metal supports to hold up the walls of dirt beneath the blacktop, while additional crews, trucks and heavy machinery operated on nearby streets.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
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Brad Brooks, USA Today, 16 May 2026
This company makes gas, diesel and chemicals like bitumen, used in making blacktop pavement.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
To increase local storage, Reznik wants to see more smaller and mid-size projects in the San Fernando Valley and South LA, such as removing hardscape like blacktop from schools and parks and creating more green space.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
Inside, workers placed large plywood and metal supports to hold up the walls of dirt beneath the blacktop, while additional crews, trucks and heavy machinery operated on nearby streets.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Blacktop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacktop. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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blacktop
noun
black·top
-ˌtäp
: a bituminous material (as asphalt) used especially for surfacing roads
also
: a surface paved with blacktop
blacktop
verb
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