asphalt

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UK /ˈæsfælt/ US /ˈæʃfɔlt/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

all, beautiful, big, concrete, cool, hard, hot, melting

VERB + ASPHALT

euphrates, head, iron, mining, paved, scorching, substituted, turn

ASPHALT + NOUN

business, cities, glass, grass, jungle, nothing

PREP.

from, in, into, on, with

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

Ellipsis of asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.

Near-synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam, blacktop, bitumen

Please hose off the asphalt near the top of the driveway if the trucks get lots of mud on it.

verb

To pave with asphalt.

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asphalt jungle

A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.

The sound track tingles with cool jazz, the dry atonal music of the asphalt jungle.

Example Bank

The mining of asphalt was big business in this area in the early twentieth century.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Near-synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam, blacktop, bitumen

Wiktionary

The street is paved with asphalt.

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Where there is asphalt, there is nothing interesting, but where it's interesting, there is no asphalt.

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The asphalt was softened by the heat.

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