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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 rock
Familiarity information: BLACKTOPPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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