BLACKTOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blacktop mean? 

• BLACKTOP (noun)
  The noun BLACKTOP has 1 sense:

1. a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock

  Familiarity information: BLACKTOP used as a noun is very rare.

• BLACKTOP (verb)
  The verb BLACKTOP has 1 sense:

1. coat with blacktop

  Familiarity information: BLACKTOP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACKTOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

blacktop; blacktopping

Hypernyms ("blacktop" is a kind of...):

pavement; paving; paving material (material used to pave an area)

Derivation:

blacktop (coat with blacktop)

• BLACKTOP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat with blacktop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

blacktop the driveway

Hypernyms (to "blacktop" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

blacktop; blacktopping (a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock)