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BLACKTOPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blacktopping mean? 

BLACKTOPPING (noun)
  The noun BLACKTOPPING has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACKTOPPING (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 ("blacktopping" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

blacktop (coat with blacktop)


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