blacktop

blacktop
/blak"top'/, n., adj., v., blacktopped, blacktopping.
n.
1. a bituminous substance, usually asphalt, for paving roads, parking lots, playgrounds, etc.
2. a road covered with blacktop.
adj.
3. pertaining to or surfaced with blacktop: a blacktop driveway.
v.t.
4. to pave with blacktop.
[1930-35, Amer.; BLACK + TOP1]

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