asphalt
See also: Asphalt
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”).[1] Displaced native Old English eorþteoru.
Pronunciation edit
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæʃfɑlt/, /ˈæsfɑlt/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈæʃfɔlt/, /ˈæsfɔlt/, /ˈæʃfɛlt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæsfælt/, /ˈæsfəlt/, /ˈæsfɔːlt/, /ˈæʃfælt/, /ˈæʃfəlt/, /ˈæʃfɔːlt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæsfɔlt/, /ˈæʃfɔlt/
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Noun edit
asphalt (countable and uncountable, plural asphalts)
- A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
- Synonym: bitumen
- Ellipsis of asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:
- Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
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asphalt concrete
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Verb edit
asphalt (third-person singular simple present asphalts, present participle asphalting, simple past and past participle asphalted)
- (transitive) To pave with asphalt.
Translations edit
to pave with asphalt
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References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “asphalt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.