asphalt

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By and large the technical nature of roads themselves -- asphalt, curbs, turning radii, etc. -- are not the culprit: ... noteTOself: Behave at the Red Light My TTC rant: before I started buying Metropasses, I had to deal with the ticket collectors making ~$20 / hr w / unlimited ... noteTOself: Behave at the Red Light Thanks everyone.

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  1. noun A brownish-black solid or semisolid mixture of bitumens obtained from native deposits or as a petroleum byproduct, used in paving, roofing, and waterproofing.
  2. noun Mixed asphalt and crushed stone gravel or sand, used for paving or roofing.
  3. transitive verb To pave or coat with asphalt.

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  • Shadowy drabs and drudges coming from every comer of the lot, as if they were phantoms conjured from the asphalt, as if the asphalt were the black meniscus of Yuri's brimful kingdom. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 03 - March 2001
  • By and large the technical nature of roads themselves -- asphalt, curbs, turning radii, etc. -- are not the culprit: ... noteTOself: Behave at the Red Light My TTC rant: before I started buying Metropasses, I had to deal with the ticket collectors making ~$20 / hr w / unlimited ... noteTOself: Behave at the Red Light Thanks everyone. —  blogTO
  • The cool night time temperatures meant the asphalt was unable to dry sufficiently from then on and, although some riders ventured back out later in the evening, the Fiat Yamaha pair decided not to risk a patchy track surface and their activities were suspended until Monday. —  The Cherry Creek News
  • The rain falling all over the asphalt, the lighting of a helicopter searchlight or a neon-sign filled alley, the way Rorschach's ink blots shift around -- it all makes for tremendous renditions of the decrepit settings. —  1UP RSS feed
  • Newly rolled asphalt is the M45S†™ s nirvana-inducing wheelhouse. —  MotorAuthority - Latest News
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  1. Middle English aspalt, from Medieval Latin asphaltus, from Greek asphaltos.

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  1. Also written as F., asphalte, and as New Latin, asphaltum, formerly also asphaltus, -os, -a, and as Italian, aspalto; in Middle English spelled aspalt, once aspaltoun; from Old French *aspalt = Provencal asphalt = Spanish asfalto = Italian aspalto, asfalto, from Greek ἄσφαλτος, asphalt, bitumen; a word of undetermined foreign origin.
  2. from asphalt, n.
 

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