asphalte

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A form of asphalt — A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.

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Meanings

nounasphalte (countable and uncountable, plural asphaltes)

plural asphaltes

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of asphalt.

    And I mean by proper paving, that wood or asphalte alone should be laid down.

    1879, G.-L., “Common Sense”, in The Science of Taste: Being a Treatise on Its Principles. […], London: Edward Stanford, […], →OCLC, page 143
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