asphalt
Example Sentences
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The other highlight of her vacation was a concrete box here in suburbia, surrounded by the same gray asphalt she sees at home.
“Potholes are a natural outcome of wear and tear from cars and vehicles driving, as well as water soaking into asphalt, and it takes time for them to form,” the bureau said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
In all, about 40% of the oil that runs through American refineries is imported to get the right mix of crudes to create different products, from gasoline and diesel to jet fuel and asphalt.
It is harder to refine, but useful for making diesel and asphalt.
From BBC
Boyd’s defense team says the casing could have rolled on the asphalt.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
