blacktopped

Given tar surface

Blacktopped describes a surface that has been paved with blacktop—a dark asphalt mixture used for roads, driveways, and parking lots: The county finally blacktopped the old gravel road.

The past tense of the verb blacktop, it indicates the paving has been completed: a freshly blacktopped driveway.

material

asphalt

Petroleum-based paving material

  • tarmacPaved airport surface
  • tarFile bundling utility
  • bitumenViscous hydrocarbon mixture

macadam · sealcoat · hot-mix · aggregate · binder · chipseal · pavement · surface · smooth · finished

surfaces

driveway

Private residential road

lot · path · playground · schoolyard · cul-de-sac · apron · airstrip · ramp

process

paving

Laying hard ground cover

roller · steamroller · paver · grading · overlay · subbase · roadwork · repaving · striping · curing

suburban

subdivision

Portion of something larger

garage · development · tract · sprawl · residential · commuter · cookie-cutter

Opposites
surface material

blacktoppedunpaved

Without permanent road covering

gravel · dirt · graveled · earthen · muddy

surface condition

blacktoppedunpaved

Without permanent road covering

unimproved · natural · bare · raw · untreated

Family

blacktopping

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G