blacktop

[ blak-top ]

/ ˈblækˌtɒp /

a bituminous substance, usually asphalt, for paving roads, parking lots, playgrounds, etc.

a road covered with blacktop.

pertaining to or surfaced with blacktop: a blacktop driveway.

to pave with blacktop.

Origin of blacktop

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; black + top¹

The place is twenty-six miles north on blacktop, another three and a half over gravel.

Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean |Pete Dexter |March 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She walked down the bluestone and blacktop driveway and through shadows thrown by the branches of seven leafless oak trees.

Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns |Jimmy Breslin |November 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Miami Heat star Chris Bosh admits he loves nothing more than engaging in a fierce, hard-fought battle on the blacktop.

Chris Bosh On the NBA Star-Studded New York City Fundraiser for Obama |Allison Samuels |August 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I had a parcel from Bob with a shirt and some eatables; also one from Jean at Blacktop and one from home.

The Escape of a Princess Pat |George Pearson

He turned off the blacktop and started down the rutted path.

Lease to Doomsday |Lee Archer
At the end of the blacktop, he and Scotty got out and examined the road surface.

The Flaming Mountain |Harold Leland Goodwin
Then the blacktop road curved out into the desert to the great radio telescope.

The Egyptian Cat Mystery |Harold Leland Goodwin
Zircon took a blacktop road to the west, close to the base of the mountain.

The Flaming Mountain |Harold Leland Goodwin

blacktop

/ (ˈblækˌtɒp) /

a bituminous mixture used for paving

a road paved with this mixture