Synonym: mineral pitch. Similar words: blasphemy, blaspheme, dysphasia, asphyxiate, phosphate, dysphagia, blasphemous, halt. Meaning: ['æsfælt] n. 1. mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing 2. a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons. v. cover with tar or asphalt.
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1. The street is paved with asphalt.
2. Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.
3. They're walking on the asphalt road.
4. The asphalt playgrounds have been grassed over or sown with flowers.
5. Long gentle curves as the asphalt clefts the wilderness.
6. They stood on the warm asphalt.
7. I smelled tarry melted asphalt.
8. Limousines slid across the asphalt(Sentencedict), decadent thrill-seekers cringing behind their curtained windows.
9. Mastic asphalt is impervious to water or dampness, vermin-proof, non-toxic and odourless after laying.
10. It screwed across asphalt, skittering in various directions at 30 miles per hour.
11. The shine of rain on the asphalt blurred abnormally, looking less liquid than electric.
12. Mastic asphalt can be laid over any deck but, in general, a general, a concrete base is preferred.
13. The heat shimmering over the asphalt had no snap to it; time drifted by.
14. I fell hard against the asphalt playground and I felt the pain that had not been visible on film.
15. It was filthy with the scrape of asphalt and tire marks.
16. For long stretches there is almost no vegetation, just rocky fields divided by the winding asphalt.
17. Mrs Maugham did not like crazy paving, because the stones worked loose, and she wanted it done in asphalt.
18. By this point I had become a cocky pilot on dry asphalt, but snow and ice were something else.
19. Then it was gone, leaving a weighted envelope Iying on the wet black asphalt at his feet.
20. It is riven by deep ruts and jagged slabs of asphalt.
21. There, the rubber will be ground up and used to make asphalt, drip-irrigation pipes and other commodities, he said.
22. Venting the attic, and allowing the roof to breathe, often helps prevent asphalt roof shingles from curling.
23. These flat roofing materials fall into three major categories: built-up felt roofing, mastic asphalt and single-ply membranes.
24. What mechanism allows toadstools -- essentially very soft and squashy items -- to push through two inches of asphalt?
25. However, with experience of rather higher levels of use an asphalt surface has now been added to reduce annual maintenance costs.
26. Similarly, repairs and maintenance should only be carried out by a specialist mastic asphalt contractor.
27. His little eyes struggled in the early sunlight, his pudgy, over-burdened legs pumping on the sand, craving asphalt.
28. Q.. Can I plant grass in earth over an asphalt driveway?
29. Special noise absorption materials are even mixed with road asphalt and coat electric power lines here.
30. And there was Elder Seth, baring his teeth as he pushed her face into the asphalt.
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