black-top
Paved driveway material
Black-top is asphalt paving, the dark surface material used for roads, driveways, and parking lots: They're laying black-top on the new highway.
As a verb, to black-top is to pave with asphalt: We need to black-top the driveway before winter.
The term emphasizes the material's characteristic dark color.
Also spelled blacktop.
Petroleum-based paving material
- tarFile bundling utility
- sealcoatAsphalt surface protectant
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- roadVehicle travel surface
surface · pothole · crack · patch · hot-mix · resurfacing · aggregate · bitumen
Laying hard ground cover
- resurfacingComing up again
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- steamrollerCylindrical vehicle for paving
roller · construction · excavation · detour · repaving · patching · milling · striping
Major road for travel
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
- shoulderUpper arm joint
centerline · backroad · straightaway · curve · hill · intersection · crossroad · dust
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
road · surface · pothole · crack · patch · hot-mix · resurfacing · aggregate · bitumen · tarmac
paving
Laying hard ground cover
- resurfacingComing up again
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- gradingAssigning marks to work
steamroller · roller · construction · excavation · detour · repaving · patching · milling · striping · crew
highway
Major road for travel
shoulder · centerline · backroad · straightaway · curve · hill · intersection · crossroad · dust