black-top

present singular third person black-tops · participle present black-topping · participle past black-topped · past black-topped

1. alternativeAlternative form of blacktop.

   We have that there, too, and they black-topped it.

   1972, United States. Commission on Highway Beautification, Highway beautification

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   In Lincoln County, Minn., we consider it advisable to black-top our roads when the traffic count reaches 100 vehicles a day.

   1950, Better Roads - Volume 20, page 37

   You wouldn't by any chance remember whether they black-topped that trail from Aztec to Dulce?

   1996, William Eastlake, Lyric of the Circle Heart: The Bowman Family Trilogy, page 37

plural black-tops

1. alternativeAlternative form of blacktop.

   I assigned that area to him and drove my car further north on the black-top.

   2012, Charles O. Maul, Can Do in Yottabytes, page 154

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   Using very simple language, it tries to raise awareness of how badly we are treating the earth and how many of the things I remember from when I was growing up have vanished or are covered with black-top.

   2003, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Maria Mazziotti Gillan Greatest Hits, page 9

   The black-top felt rugged under his jaw and cheek, yet warm from the moisture.

   2008, Jade Cameron, Bryony Wynne-Jones, Freedom Rider, page 1