Synonyms for asphalt
ˈæs fɔlt; esp. Brit. -fæltas·phalt

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1. asphaltnoun

   mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing

   Synonyms:
   mineral pitch

2. asphalt, mineral pitchverb

   a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons

   Synonyms:
   mineral pitch

3. asphaltverb

   cover with tar or asphalt

   "asphalt the driveway"

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1. • Pave
   • Paving Material

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. asphaltnoun

   Synonyms:
   native bitumen, mineral pitch, jew's pitch

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1. List of paraphrases for "asphalt":

   bitumen, bituminous, tarmac, pavement, tar

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How to use asphalt in a sentence?

1. T. S. Eliot:

   And the wind shall say Here were decent godless people. Their only monument the asphalt road. And a thousand lost golf balls.

2. Barbara Shipley:

   Barbara Shipley, from the International Trade Workers Union, said. ' The men have been reportedly floating in the harbor for over a month after an asphalt delivery. They’re hungry. They’re tired. They’re dirty. They want to get paid and they want to go home. They want to see their families. Their families are all very concerned, i’ve been told they’re fishing off the side of the vessel.

3. Davide Capello:

   At some point I heard a muffled sound... I saw the cars in front of me going [ down ]. I felt the asphalt was gone and I found Davide Capello going down in my car... I thought that it would be the end, that I was going to die, then my car stopped, there wasn't a head-on crash, so it got embedded somewhere.

4. Akram Hasso:

   Now, the local municipalities are undertaking a project to asphalt the roads in all the cities of the region.

5. Spaniard Marc Marquez:

   I was behind the Yamahas and was trying to check how was the asphalt and the tyres and I saw that Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi had big( tyre) degradation, i said now is the time to change the tyres and when I changed then I saw that the track was completely dry, but it was difficult to understand.