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🏀 A paved surface 🚧 To cover with asphalt
to blacktop

to blacktop

4.0
To cover a road or driveway with black paving material to make it smooth
  • verb
  • /ˈblæktɑp/
  • US
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  • Homeowners often blacktop their driveways to improve appearance and durability.

Examples

  • The workers blacktopped the road yesterday.

  • They will blacktop the driveway next week.

  • After construction, they blacktopped the parking lot for smoother access.

  • The crew will blacktop the entire street by the end of the week.

  • After construction, they blacktopped the parking lot for smoother access.

  • Homeowners often blacktop their driveways to improve appearance and durability.

  • The crew will blacktop the entire street by the end of the week.

Synonyms

to asphalt
vsto blacktop
1 4.3

To cover a road or surface with the dark sticky material used on roads

uses bitumen or other binders and so covers more than just that material
to tarmac
vsto blacktop
  • UK
6.6

To cover a road or path with tar and small stones to make it smooth

uses bitumen or similar binders rather than that traditional surfacing material

How Paved

to blacktop
  • US
4.0
to pave
61 2.8
to resurface
4 3.9
to patch
151 2.5

Surface Forms

blacktop infinitive
blacktopped past
blacktopped past participle
blacktopping present participle
blacktops third person singular

Etymology

Blacktop as a verb comes from the two simple parts black meaning 'black' and top meaning 'surface'. So to blacktop something is to put a dark road surface on it, which is why the verb means 'to cover with blacktop'.