Asphalt — meaning in English

English meaning

• asphalt noun A thick, sticky black substance used mainly for surfacing roads, mixed with sand and gravel.
• pavement noun A hard-surfaced path for pedestrians at the side of a road (British usage; "sidewalk" in American English).
• tarmac noun A tar-based surfacing material used on roads, or the road surface itself.

Senses

Asphalt is used for these senses in English:

• pavement (now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]
• 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.

pavement — full definition

1. noun A hard-surfaced path for pedestrians at the side of a road (British usage; "sidewalk" in American English).
2. noun Any paved surface, including a road surface itself.

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