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glasphalt

noun

Etymology

Blend of glass + asphalt

  1. derived from ἄσφαλτος — “asphalt, bitumen”
  2. derived from asphaltum
  3. compounded as glasphalt — “glass + asphalt”

Definitions

  1. A type of asphalt that uses crushed glass in place of rock aggregate.

    • One 58-foot-long test strip of glasphalt pavement, outside the Owens-Illinois Technical Center in Toledo, has held up well during the worst winter in years […]

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