blacktop
/ˈblæktɒp/
blacktop noun: asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
Noun
blacktop (countable and uncountable, plural blacktops)
- Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
- Then I was around the hill on the blacktop and in another country.1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 284
- A road so paved.
- A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
- At one time, students were able to play basketball on the blacktop behind the school building, and teachers were also able to park on campus. Now, teachers park on the streets, and there is no place for students to let off steam with casual, non-organized sports before or after school.2008, Terrence E. Deal, Ted Purinton, Daria Cook Waetjen, Making Sense of Social Networks in Schools, Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin Press and the American Association of School Administrators...
- From the dismissive receptionist in the main office to the lines on the school blacktop for dropping off and picking up children, schools often make parents feel that they must justify their presence.2020, Soo Hong, Natural Allies: Hope and Possibility in Teacher-Family Partnerships, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Education Press, →ISBN
Verb
blacktop (third-person singular simple present blacktops, present participle blacktopping, simple past and past participle blacktopped)
- To pave with blacktop.
- The county first blacktopped that road decades ago
Forms of blacktop
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blacktops |
| alternative form | black top |
| alternative form | black-top |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blacktops |
| present participle | blacktopping |
| past participle | blacktopped |
| past | blacktopped |
Origin of blacktop
From black + top.
Questions about blacktop
- What does blacktop mean?
- Blacktop means asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
- What part of speech is blacktop?
- Blacktop can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce blacktop?
- Blacktop is pronounced /ˈblæktɒp/.
- What is the plural of blacktop?
- The plural of blacktop is blacktops.
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