asphalt

«asphalt» in Mova's school dictionary: a black sticky material mixed with stones and used to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (asphalt — uncountable); verb (asphalt, asphalts, asphalted, asphalting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Asphalt is a black sticky material mixed with stones and used to make road surfaces and playgrounds. tree →

2) To asphalt means to cover a road or area with asphalt. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: roads, car parks and school playgrounds; in science, asphalt gets hot in the sun; in safety, falling on asphalt grazes knees; also called tarmac (UK), blacktop (US) and bitumen (Australia).

examples

• The new road was covered with fresh asphalt. tree →
• The asphalt felt hot under our bare feet. tree →
• I fell over and scraped my knee on the asphalt. tree →
• Workers asphalted the school car park. tree →
• Asphalt smells strong when it is being laid. tree →

note

Uncountable. Spelling trap: «asphalt», not «ashphalt». In the UK people usually say «tarmac», in the US «blacktop», in Australia «bitumen».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «asphalt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.