blacktop
/ˈblækˌtɑp/
noun
- A dark, hard surface made of asphalt, used for roads, driveways, and parking lots.
- They repaved the driveway with fresh blacktop last summer.
- The kids played basketball on the blacktop behind the school.
- After the rain, the blacktop on the highway was slick and dangerous.
- The material (asphalt) used to make such a surface.
- The construction crew ordered several truckloads of blacktop for the new parking lot.
- The workers spread the hot blacktop evenly across the road.
- Blacktop is made from a mixture of sand, gravel, and bitumen.
verb
- To cover a surface with blacktop (asphalt).
- They hired a company to blacktop their long driveway.
- Workers will blacktop the playground area to make it safer for children.
- The city plans to blacktop the old gravel road next month.