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A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The mining of asphalt was big business in this area in the early twentieth century.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bitumen
Antonyms: none provided
Ellipsis of asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Examples
Near-synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam, blacktop, bitumen Please hose off the asphalt near the top of the driveway if the trucks get lots of mud on it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam, blacktop, bitumen
Antonyms: none provided
To pave with asphalt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mineral pitch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mineral
mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paving, pavement, paving material
cover with tar or asphalt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pave
From Late Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt, bitumen”). Displaced native Old English eorþteoru.
Across languages
Translations 168 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Arabic :
أَسْفَلْت
(ʔasfalt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Arabic :
زِفْت
(zift)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Armenian :
ասֆալտ
(asfalt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Basque :
asfalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Belarusian :
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Belarusian :
асва́льт
(asválʹt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Bulgarian :
асфа́лт
(asfált)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Catalan :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Chinese Cantonese :
蠟青 /蜡青
(laap6 ceng1)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Chinese Mandarin :
瀝青 /沥青
(lìqīng)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Czech :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Danish :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Dutch :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Esperanto :
asfalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Estonian :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Finnish :
bitumi
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
French :
asphalte
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Georgian :
ასფალტი
(aspalṭi)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
German :
Asphalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Greek :
άσφαλτος
(ásfaltos)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Ancient Greek :
ἄσφαλτος
(ásphaltos)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Hebrew :
אַסְפַלְט
(asfált)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Hindi :
डामर
(ḍāmar)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Hungarian :
aszfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Ido :
asfalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Indonesian :
aspal
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Irish :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Italian :
asfalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Italian :
bitume
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Japanese :
アスファルト
(asufaruto)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Japanese :
瀝青
(rekisei)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Kannada :
ಕಲ್ಲರಗು
(kallaragu)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Korean :
아스팔트
(aseupalteu)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Korean :
역청
(yeokcheong)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Korean :
력청
(ryeokcheong)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Latin :
bitūmen
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Latin :
asphaltum
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Latvian :
asfalts
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Lithuanian :
asfaltas
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Macedonian :
асфалт
(asfalt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Nahuatl :
chiapopotl
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Norwegian Bokmål :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Norwegian Nynorsk :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Old English :
eorþtyrewa
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Persian :
آسْفالْت
(âsfâlt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Polish :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Portuguese :
asfalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Romanian :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Russian :
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Serbo-Croatian :
а̀сфалт
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Serbo-Croatian :
àsfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Slovak :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Slovene :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Spanish :
asfalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Spanish :
chapopote
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Spanish :
chapapote
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Spanish :
pisasfalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Spanish :
neme
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Swedish :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Tagalog :
aspalto
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Thai :
แอสฟัลต์
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Turkish :
asfalt
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Ottoman Turkish :
آسفالت
(asfalt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Ottoman Turkish :
قطران
(katran)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Ukrainian :
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Vietnamese :
nhựa đường
— sticky, black and highly viscous liquid
Albanian :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Arabic :
أَسْفَلْت
(ʔasfalt)
— asphalt concrete
Arabic :
زِفْت
(zift)
— asphalt concrete
Arabic :
زفت
(zift)
— asphalt concrete
Armenian :
ասֆալտ
(asfalt)
— asphalt concrete
Azerbaijani :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Belarusian :
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— asphalt concrete
Belarusian :
асва́льт
(asválʹt)
— asphalt concrete
Bengali :
আস্ফাল্ট
(aśphalṭo)
— asphalt concrete
Bulgarian :
асфа́лт
(asfált)
— asphalt concrete
Chinese Mandarin :
瀝青混凝土 /沥青混凝土
(lìqīng hùnníngtǔ)
— asphalt concrete
Chinese Mandarin :
柏油
(bóyóu)
— asphalt concrete
Czech :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Danish :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Dutch :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Estonian :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Faroese :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Finnish :
asfaltti
— asphalt concrete
French :
asphalte
— asphalt concrete
Georgian :
ასფალტი
(aspalṭi)
— asphalt concrete
German :
Asphalt
— asphalt concrete
Greek :
άσφαλτος
(ásfaltos)
— asphalt concrete
Hebrew :
אַסְפַלְט
(asfált)
— asphalt concrete
Hindi :
ऐस्फ़ाल्ट
(aisfālṭ)
— asphalt concrete
Hungarian :
aszfalt
— asphalt concrete
Icelandic :
malbik
— asphalt concrete
Icelandic :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Irish :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Italian :
asfalto
— asphalt concrete
Japanese :
アスファルト
(asufaruto)
— asphalt concrete
Kazakh :
асфальт
(asfalt)
— asphalt concrete
Korean :
아스팔트
(aseupalteu)
— asphalt concrete
Central Kurdish :
قیرتاو
(qîrtaw)
— asphalt concrete
Northern Kurdish :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Kyrgyz :
асфальт
(asfalt)
— asphalt concrete
Latvian :
asfalts
— asphalt concrete
Lithuanian :
asfaltas
— asphalt concrete
Macedonian :
асфалт
(asfalt)
— asphalt concrete
Marathi :
डांबर
(ḍāmbar)
— asphalt concrete
Mongolian :
асфальт
(asfalʹt)
— asphalt concrete
Norwegian Bokmål :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Norwegian Nynorsk :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Old English :
eorþteoru
— asphalt concrete
Pashto :
اسفالټ
(asfālṭ)
— asphalt concrete
Iranian Persian :
آسْفالْت
(âsfâlt)
— asphalt concrete
Pohnpeian :
peip
— asphalt concrete
Polish :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Portuguese :
asfalto
— asphalt concrete
Romanian :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Russian :
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— asphalt concrete
Russian :
асфальтобето́н
(asfalʹtobetón)
— asphalt concrete
Serbo-Croatian :
а̀сфалт
— asphalt concrete
Serbo-Croatian :
àsfalt
— asphalt concrete
Sicilian :
asfartu
— asphalt concrete
Slovak :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Slovene :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Spanish :
hormigón asfáltico
— asphalt concrete
Spanish :
garujo bituminoso
— asphalt concrete
Swedish :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Tagalog :
aspalto
— asphalt concrete
Tajik :
асфалт
(asfalt)
— asphalt concrete
Tatar :
асфальт
(asfalʹt)
— asphalt concrete
Thai :
ยางมะตอย
(yaang-má-dtɔi)
— asphalt concrete
Turkish :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Ottoman Turkish :
آسفالت
(asfalt)
— asphalt concrete
Turkmen :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Ukrainian :
асфа́льт
(asfálʹt)
— asphalt concrete
Urdu :
اَسْفالْٹ
(asfālṭ)
— asphalt concrete
Uzbek :
asfalt
— asphalt concrete
Vietnamese :
nhựa đường
— asphalt concrete
Armenian :
ասֆալտապատել
(asfaltapatel)
— to pave with asphalt
Armenian :
ասֆալտել
(asfaltel)
— to pave with asphalt
Catalan :
asfaltar
— to pave with asphalt
Chinese Mandarin :
鋪瀝青 /铺沥青
(pū lìqīng)
— to pave with asphalt
Chinese Mandarin :
上瀝青 /上沥青
(shàng lìqīng)
— to pave with asphalt
Danish :
asfaltere
— to pave with asphalt
Dutch :
asfalteren
— to pave with asphalt
Finnish :
asfaltoida
— to pave with asphalt
German :
asphaltieren
— to pave with asphalt
Greek :
ασφαλτοστρώνω
(asfaltostróno)
— to pave with asphalt
Greek :
ασφαλτώνω
(asfaltóno)
— to pave with asphalt
Ido :
asfaltizar
— to pave with asphalt
Irish :
asfalt a chur ar
— to pave with asphalt
Italian :
asfaltare
— to pave with asphalt
Mongolian :
барагшиндах
(baragšindax)
— to pave with asphalt
Mongolian :
асфальтдах
(asfalʹtdax)
— to pave with asphalt
Norwegian Bokmål :
asfaltere
— to pave with asphalt
Norwegian Nynorsk :
asfaltere
— to pave with asphalt
Pohnpeian :
peipih
— to pave with asphalt
Polish :
asfaltować
— to pave with asphalt
Polish :
wyasfaltować
— to pave with asphalt
Polish :
zaasfaltować
— to pave with asphalt
Portuguese :
asfaltar
— to pave with asphalt
Russian :
асфальти́ровать
(asfalʹtírovatʹ)
— to pave with asphalt
Russian :
заасфальти́ровать
(zaasfalʹtírovatʹ)
— to pave with asphalt
Spanish :
asfaltar
— to pave with asphalt
Swedish :
asfaltera
— to pave with asphalt
Tuvan :
асфальтылаар
(asfalʹtılaar)
— to pave with asphalt
Ukrainian :
асфальтува́ти
(asfalʹtuváty)
— to pave with asphalt
Yakut :
асфаллаа
(asfallaa)
— to pave with asphalt
Yakut :
аспааллаа
(aspaallaa)
— to pave with asphalt
