Asphalt
['æsfælt;-əlt] or ['æsfɔlt]
Definition
(noun.) a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons.
(noun.) mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing.
(verb.) cover with tar or asphalt; 'asphalt the driveway'.
Checker: Louie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Asphaltum
(v. t.) To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Native bitumen, mineral pitch, Jew's pitch.
Edited by Hilda
Definition
n. a black or dark-brown hard bituminous substance anciently used as a cement and now for paving cisterns water-pipes &c.—v.t. Asphalt′ to lay or cover with asphalt.—adj. Asphalt′ic.
Edited by Lelia
Examples
- By thus manipulating the various solvents you will be enabled probably to separate the crude asphalt into several distinct hydrocarbons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A similar stove with jets of flame from vapour burners has been used to soften hard asphalt pavement when it is desired to take it up. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It ended at the paving of asphalt which led up to the gates of the Mapleton stables. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hughes, who went with Edison in 1879, and was in charge of much of the work, states that they were second street-car rails, insulated with tar canvas paper and things of that sort--asphalt. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After you can go no further, distil off all the solvents so the asphalt material has a tar-like consistency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Until I get at the proper method of pouring and getting rid of the air-bubbles, it will be waste of time to experiment with other asphalts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Rudolf