asfalto — meaning in English
Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead
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
asfalto 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.
- asphalt Ellipsis of asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.
- 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
- noun A thick, sticky black substance used mainly for surfacing roads, mixed with sand and gravel.
- verb To cover a surface with asphalt.
pavement — full definition
- noun A hard-surfaced path for pedestrians at the side of a road (British usage; "sidewalk" in American English).
- noun Any paved surface, including a road surface itself.