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blacktop |
(n): a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
(n): material used to pave an area
(v): coat with blacktop
(v): put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
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We call it macadam where I grew up, because a man named Macadam supposedly invented it. I remember discussing this previously on Wordie, in the long ago time. (See macadam.)
I never knew about the runway usage. Tarmac was what roads were made of where I were brung up.
Asphalt is used in Australia, but not so much in connection with roads or highways - it's a surface I strongly associate with school playgrounds.
Tarmac, at least for this Aussie, is exclusively an aviation/airport term, referring to the runway, as in "we hit the tarmac at about 9.30". Oh, I can see, over on tarmac, that resetee has identified tarmac=runway as a British usage dating from 1919.
Tarmac, anyone?
Also known as asphalt in the U.S., though some asphalt is grayer than blacktop.
Me neither. I'd probably call the material bitumen. Not sure if there's a one-word equivalent for the verb form, perhaps tar?
This word seems very American to me. I was fascinated by a film called Two-Lane Blacktop - yes, I'm the kind of person who'll spend 2 hours trying to pin down the meaning of a word - because I have categorically never heard this word in use in Australia.