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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
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(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
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