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Definition of asphalt noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

asphalt

noun
 
/ˈæsfælt/
 
/ˈæsfɔːlt/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a thick black sticky substance used especially for making the surface of roadsTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAsphalt is used before these nouns:
    • road
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from French asphalte, based on late Latin asphalton, asphaltum, from Greek asphalton.
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