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Synonyms for asphalt

Grammar : Noun
Spell : as-fawlt or, esp. British, -falt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæs fɔlt or, esp. British, -fælt

Définition of asphalt

Origin :
  • early 14c., "hard, resinous mineral pitch found originally in Biblical lands," from Late Latin asphaltum, from Greek asphaltos "asphalt, bitumen," probably from a non-Greek source, possibly Semitic [Klein, citing Lewy, 1895]. Another theory holds it to be from Greek a- "not" + *sphaltos "able to be thrown down," taken as verbal adjective of sphallein "to throw down," in reference to a use of the material in building.
  • Meaning "paving composition" dates from 1847 and its popular use in this sense established the modern form of the English word, mostly displacing asphaltum, asphaltos. As a verb meaning "to cover with asphalt," from 1872.
  • noun bituminous substanced
Example sentences :
  • Steep hillsides are paved with cobblestones instead of asphalt.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • In this way, the asphalt is held in position, and is an absolute prevention of dampness.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
  • As for where this asphalt come from, I don't know, and nobody knows.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • A recent rain had made the clay as slippery as asphalt in a drizzle.
  • Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
  • A mixture of sand and asphalt will creep on slopes of 1½ to 1, but asphalt concrete will not.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • With asphalt at $20 a ton, and labor at $2 a day, the cost was 15 cts.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • Above this two layers of asphalt of an aggregate thickness of ¾ in.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • The asphalt should be heated in a kettle to a temperature not exceeding 450° F.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • The rest was flat-buildings and asphalt and motor-puddled air.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • Coal has essential features in common with asphalt, oil, and gas.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith

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