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asphalt
English
Alternative forms
- asphalte
Etymology
From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”). Displaced native Old English eorþteoru.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?æ?f?lt/, /?æsf?lt/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?æ?f?lt/, /?æ?f?lt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æsfælt/, /?æsf?lt/, /?æsf??lt/, /?æ?fælt/, /?æ?f?lt/, /?æ?f??lt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æsf?lt/, /?æ?f?lt/
Noun
asphalt (countable and uncountable, plural asphalts)
- A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, 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.
- Synonym: tarmac
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
asphalt (third-person singular simple present asphalts, present participle asphalting, simple past and past participle asphalted)
- (transitive) To pave with asphalt.
Translations
References
Further reading
- asphalt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- spathal, taplash
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tarpit
English
Etymology
tar +? pit
Noun
tarpit (plural tarpits)
- A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface.
Derived terms
- Turing tarpit
Translations
Anagrams
- rat pit
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