road tar
Black street goo
Road tar is the thick, black, sticky substance used to pave and seal roads, derived from petroleum or coal.
It softens in heat and hardens when cool.
The term often appears in descriptions of summer roads: The road tar was so hot it stuck to our shoes.
Road tar has a distinctive sharp smell that many associate with summer construction.
- bitumenViscous hydrocarbon mixture
- hot mixHeated asphalt for paving
- pavementHard road covering
- blacktopDark paving material
- pitchFrequency of sound
fresh asphalt · sticky · hot · fumes · paving · seal · crack · pothole · steam · roller · highway · resurfacing · gooey · melting · street · construction · summer · heat
- coal tarnaphthalene, phenol, benzene, toluene, creosote
- asphaltasphalt, bitumen, blacktop, natural asphalt, asphalt shingles
- bitumensasphalt, bitumen, natural asphalt
- coal productscoke, coal gas, coal ash, coal dust, coal oil