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1. (n.) asphalt
any of various natural or synthetic, dark-colored, bituminous substances, composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
2. asphalt
a mixture of such substances with gravel, crushed rock, or the like, used for paving.
3. (v.t.) asphalt
to cover or pave with asphalt.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME aspaltoun&indirdesc; Gk ásphaltos, -on)
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| Definition of 'Asphalt' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) asphalt
mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
2. (verb) asphalt, mineral pitch
a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
3. (verb) asphalt
cover with tar or asphalt
"asphalt the driveway"
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1. (noun) asphalt
a black road covering
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| Definition of 'Asphalt' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Asphalt
alt. of Asphaltum
2. (verb) Asphalt
to cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Asphalt
a mineral pitch of a black or brownish-black colour, consisting chiefly of carbon; also a limestone impregnated with bitumen, and more or less in every quarter of the globe.
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Sense: (of) a mixture containing tar, used to make roads, pavements etc
The workmen are laying asphalt; an asphalt playground.
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 Afrikaans: asfalt |
 Arabic: أسْفَلْت، قار، زِفْت |
 Bulgarian: асфалт |
 Brazilian: asfalto |
 Czech: asfalt; asfaltový |
 German: der Asphalt |
 Danish: asfalt; asfalt- |
 Greek: άσφαλτος |
 Spanish: asfalto |
 Estonian: asfalt |
 Farsi: آسفالت |
 Finnish: asfaltti |
 French: asphalte |
 Hebrew: אַסְפָלט |
 Hindi: डामर |
 Croatian: asfalt |
 Hungarian: aszfalt |
 Indonesian: aspal |
 Icelandic: asfalt, malbik |
 Italian: asfalto |
 Japanese: アスファルト(の) |
 Korean: 아스팔트 |
 Lithuanian: asfaltas |
 Latvian: asfalts |
 Malay: asfalt |
 Dutch: asfalt |
 Norwegian: asfalt |
 Polish: asfalt |
 Persian: آسفالت |
 Pashto: اسفالټ ، قیر |
 Portuguese: asfalto |
 Romanian: asfalt |
 Russian: асфальт |
 Slovak: asfalt; asfaltový |
 Slovenian: asfalt |
 Serbian: asfalt, asfaltni |
 Swedish: asfalt |
 Thai: ยางมะตอย |
 Turkish: asfalt |
 Taiwanese: 瀝青，瀝青的 |
 Ukrainian: асфальт |
 Urdu: اسفالٹ ، سڑک بنانے کا آمی |
 Vietnamese: nhựa đường |
 Chinese: 沥青，沥青的 |
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