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blacktop

noun
/ˈblæktɒp/

Etymology

From black + top.

  1. inherited from *tuppaz✻ — “braid, pigtail, end”
  2. inherited from *topp✻
  3. inherited from topp — “top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”
  4. inherited from top
  5. compounded as blacktop — “black + top”

Definitions

  1. Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of…

    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.

  2. A road so paved.

  3. A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a…

    A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.

    • 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To pave with blacktop.

      • The county first blacktopped that road decades ago

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA