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asphalt Noun a black tarlike substance used in road-surfacing and roofing materials Verb to cover with asphalt [Greek asphaltos, probably from a- not + sphallein to cause to fall; referring to its use as a binding agent]
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Translations n / adj asphalt [ˈӕsfӕlt, (American ) -fo:lt] (of) a mixture containing tar, used to make roads, pavements etc The workmen are laying asphalt; an asphalt playground. asfalt أسْفَلْت، قار، زِفْت асфалт asfalt; asfaltový asfalt; asfalt- der Asphalt άσφαλτος asfalto asfalt آسفالت asfaltti asphalte אַסְפָלט डामर asfalt aszfalt aspal asfalt, malbik asfalto アスファルト(の) 아스팔트 asfaltas asfalts asfalt asfalt asfalt asfalt asfalto asfalt асфальт asfalt; asfaltový asfalt asfalt, asfaltni asfalt ยางมะตอย asfalt 瀝青;瀝青的 асфальт اسفالٹ ، سڑک بنانے کا آمیزہ nhựa đường 沥青;沥青的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| As this plateau is, in its very nature, highly volcanic, and as asphalt is a substance which one associates with Plutonic forces, I cannot doubt that it exists in the free liquid state, and that the creatures may have come in contact with it. Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour. She was sure that presently the hoardings, the quarries, the one-story saloons, the wooden green-houses in ragged gardens, and the rocks from which goats surveyed the scene, would vanish before the advance of residences as stately as her own--perhaps (for she was an impartial woman) even statelier; and that the cobble- stones over which the old clattering omnibuses bumped would be replaced by smooth asphalt, such as people reported having seen in Paris. |
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