BLACKTOP

blacktop, blacktopping

(noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock

blacktop

(verb) coat with blacktop; “blacktop the driveway”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

blacktop (countable and uncountable, plural blacktops)

(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g, tarmacadam, tarmac). [from 20th c.]

(US, countable) A road so paved.

Verb

blacktop (third-person singular simple present blacktops, present participle blacktopping, simple past and past participle blacktopped)

(US) To pave with blacktop. [from 20th c.]

The county first blacktopped that road decades ago

Source: Wiktionary