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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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.
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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
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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
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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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