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Meaning of Asphalt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈæʃfɑlt

Definitions

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.
countable, uncountable
Ellipsis of asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.
abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية أسفلت الأسفلت حمر زفت زلط قطران قير

Azərbaycanca asfalt

Български асфалт

Bosanski asfalt асфалт

Català asfalt asfaltar

Čeština asfalt

Dansk asfalt asfaltere

Deutsch Asphalt asphaltieren Judenleim

Ελληνικά ασφαλτικός άσφαλτος ασφαλτοστρώνω

Esperanto asfalto

Español asfaltar asfalto chapapote chapopote garujo bituminoso hormigón asfáltico neme pisasfalto

Suomi asfaltoida asfaltti asfalttipäällysteinen bitumi

Français asphalte

Gaeilge asfalt asfalt a chur ar

עברית אספלט

Hrvatski asfalt асфалт

Հայերեն ասֆալտ

Bahasa Indonesia aspal

Íslenska asfalt malbik

Italiano asfaltare asfalto bitume

日本語アスファルト歴青瀝青

ქართული ასფალტი

ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಲ್ಲರಗು

한국어 력청 아스팔트 역청

Kurdî asfalt

Latina bitumen

Lietuvių asfaltas

Македонски асфалт

Монгол асфальт

मराठी डांबर

Nederlands asfalt asfalteren

Polski asfalt asfaltować asfaltowy wyasfaltować zaasfaltować

Português asfaltar asfalto

Română asfalt

Русский асфальт асфальтировать асфальтобето́н заасфальти́ровать

Српски asfalt асфалт

Svenska asfalt asfaltera

ไทย ยางมะตอย

Tagalog aspalto

Türkçe asfalt

Українська асфальт асфальтува́ти

Tiếng Việt nhựa nhựa đường

Examples

“The mining of asphalt was big business in this area in the early twentieth century.”

“Felltham wrote in the beginning of the 17th century of the “Bitumated walls of Babylon;” the source of its supply, the fountains of Is, on a tributary of the Euphrates, still yields asphalt.”

“Near-synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam, blacktop, bitumen”

“Please hose off the asphalt near the top of the driveway if the trucks get lots of mud on it.”

“Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.”

CEFR level

Mastery
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