asphalt
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Canada/ˈæʃfɑlt/Australia/ˈæʃfɔlt/
asphalt 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. Also the ellipsis of asphalt concrete.
Noun
asphalt (countable and uncountable, plural asphalts)
- 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.1914, Thomas Hugh Boorman, Asphalts, their sources and utilizations, →OCLC, page 9
- Synonyms:
- bitumen
Verb
asphalt (third-person singular simple present asphalts, present participle asphalting, simple past and past participle asphalted)
- To pave with asphalt.
Also used as
asphalt is also the ellipsis of asphalt concrete.
asphalt meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
asphalt in Hindi
- sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
- डामर ḍāmar
- asphalt concrete
- ऐस्फ़ाल्ट aisfālṭ
asphalt in Marathi
- asphalt concrete
- डांबर ḍāmbar
asphalt in Urdu
- asphalt concrete
- اَسْفالْٹ asfālṭ
asphalt in Bengali
- asphalt concrete
- আস্ফাল্ট aśphalṭo
More languagesFewer languages
- asphalt in Telugu
- డాంబరు
- asphalt in Kannada
- ಕಲ್ಲರಗು kallaragu
- asphalt in Punjabi
- ਅਸਫਾਲਟ, ਐੱਸਫਾਲਟ, ਐਸਫਾਲਟ
- asphalt in Odia
- ଆସଫାଲ୍ଟ, ଅସ୍ଫାଲ୍ଟ, ଏସ୍ଫାଲ୍ଟ
- asphalt in Nepali
- डामर, एस्फाल्ट, एस्फल्ट
- asphalt in Pashto
- اسفالټ asfālṭ
- asphalt in Tagalog
- aspalto
- asphalt in Arabic
- أَسْفَلْت ʔasfalt, زِفْت zift
- asphalt in Indonesian
- aspal
- asphalt in Persian
- آسْفالْت âsfâlt
- asphalt in Thai
- แอสฟัลต์, ยางมะตอย yaang-má-dtɔi
- asphalt in Vietnamese
- nhựa đường
Examples of asphalt in a sentence
- A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
- He launched into a long-winded discussion of the relative merits of asphalt and concrete.
- The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.
Synonyms of asphalt
Forms of asphalt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | asphalts |
| alternative form (obsolete) | asphalte |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | asphalts |
| present participle | asphalting |
| past participle | asphalted |
| past | asphalted |
Origin of asphalt
From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”). Displaced native Old English eorþtyrewa (literally, "earth-tar").
Words formed from asphalt
Phrases with asphalt
Questions about asphalt
- What does asphalt mean?
- Asphalt means 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.
- What is asphalt in Hindi?
- Asphalt in Hindi is डामर (ḍāmar), ऐस्फ़ाल्ट (aisfālṭ). See Asphalt meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is asphalt?
- Asphalt can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce asphalt?
- Asphalt is pronounced /ˈæʃfɑlt/ (Canada).
- What is the plural of asphalt?
- The plural of asphalt is asphalts.
Words near asphalt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: asphalt (page history and authors); asphalt (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asphalt (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asphalt (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); asphalt (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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