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# asphalt

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

«asphalt» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Asphalt is a black sticky material mixed with stones and used to make road surfaces and playgrounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/#m1)
2. To asphalt means to cover a road or area with asphalt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/#x1)
- The asphalt felt hot under our bare feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/#x2)
- I fell over and scraped my knee on the asphalt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/#x3)
- Workers asphalted the school car park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/#x4)
- Asphalt smells strong when it is being laid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/#x5)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «asphalt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asphalt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«asphalt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/asphalt.html) on Mova free.