asphalt (noun)

  • 31mineral pitch — noun a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons • Syn: ↑asphalt • Derivationally related forms: ↑asphaltic (for: ↑asphalt) • Hypernyms: ↑minera …

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  • 32hard court — noun : a lawn tennis court with a paved surface (as of asphalt or concrete distinguished from clay court and grass court * * * a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface. Cf. clay court, grass court. * * * hard court noun A tennis court… …

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  • 33coated felt sheet — noun a) An asphalt felt that has been coated on both sides with harder, more viscous asphalt. b) A glass fiber felt that has been simultaneously impregnated and coated with asphalt on both sides …

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  • 34coumarone-indene resin — noun a thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumarone; used in coatings and paint and asphalt tile • Syn: ↑coumarone resin • Hypernyms: ↑plastic * * * noun also coumarone resin : any of a group of thermoplastic resins… …

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  • 35glassphalt — noun A type of asphalt that contains crushed glass, used as an alternative to conventional bituminous asphalt to surface roads …

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  • 36asphaltus — noun Etymology: Late Latin more at asphalt obsolete : asphalt …

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  • 37mineral rubber — noun 1. : any of various rubbery substances of mineral origin (as asphalt) 2. : an artificial asphalt obtained usually by blowing petroleum residues with air and used in compounding rubber and in insulation compare blown oil 2 …

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  • 38prepared roofing — noun : roofing consisting of asbestos felt or rag felt saturated with asphalt and assembled with asphalt cement called also roll roofing …

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  • 39roofing nail — noun : a short nail usually with a large flat head and a barbed shank used for securing roofing paper or asphalt shingles to roof boards * * * a short nail for nailing asphalt shingles or the like, having a broad head. See illus. under nail.… …

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  • 40mineral tar — noun a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt • Syn: ↑maltha • Hypernyms: ↑mineral * * * noun : maltha * * * bitumen of the consistency of tar; maltha. [1790 1800] * * * …

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