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asphalt concrete

asphalt concrete noun: a material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed stone combined with asphalt as a binder.

asphalt concrete: a material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed...
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Noun

asphalt concrete (countable and uncountable, plural asphalt concretes)

  1. A material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed stone combined with asphalt as a binder.
    • Near-synonyms: blacktop, tarmac, tarmacadam
    • Before this street was paved with asphalt concrete, it was paved with cobbles.
    Synonyms:
    asphalt[Appendix:Glossary, blacktop, tarmac, tarmacadam

Synonyms of asphalt concrete

Forms of asphalt concrete

pluralasphalt concretes

Questions about asphalt concrete

What does asphalt concrete mean?
Asphalt concrete means a material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed stone combined with asphalt as a binder.
What part of speech is asphalt concrete?
Asphalt concrete is a noun.
What is the plural of asphalt concrete?
The plural of asphalt concrete is asphalt concretes.

Words near asphalt concrete in the dictionary

  1. asperuloside
  2. asperulous
  3. aspet
  4. aspets
  5. asphalt
  6. asphalt concrete
  7. asphalt concretes
  8. asphalt emulsion
  9. asphalt emulsions
  10. asphalt jungle
  11. asphalt jungles

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