Definitions
Dark paving material used on roads.
Word origin
From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”). Displaced native Old English eorþteoru.
Used in a sentence
“The mining of asphalt was big business in this area in the early twentieth century.”
“Felltham wrote in the beginning of the 17th century of the “Bitumated walls of Babylon;” the source of its supply, the fountains of Is, on a tributary of the Euphrates, still yields asphalt.”
“Near-synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam, blacktop, bitumen”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Road paving material”7 letters
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