asfalt — meaning in English

English meaning

• asphalt noun A thick, sticky black substance used mainly for surfacing roads, mixed with sand and gravel.
• tarmac noun A tar-based surfacing material used on roads, or the road surface itself.

Senses

asfalt is used for these senses in English:

• asphalt A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
• tarmac (loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.

asphalt — full definition

1. noun A thick, sticky black substance used mainly for surfacing roads, mixed with sand and gravel.
2. verb To cover a surface with asphalt.

tarmac — full definition

1. noun A tar-based surfacing material used on roads, or the road surface itself.
2. noun The paved area of an airport where aircraft park or move around, apart from the runway.
3. verb (of an aircraft) To sit on the ground, often on the taxiway, waiting for permission to take off.

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