asphalt

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: as=phalt

CIDE DICTIONARY

asphalt, n. [Gr. , of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.].

•  Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.  [1913 Webster]
•  A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.  [1913 Webster]

Asphalt stone, Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt.

asphalt, v. t. 

 To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

asphalt, n. & v.
--n.
1 a dark bituminous pitch occurring naturally or made from petroleum.
2 a mixture of this with sand, gravel, etc., for surfacing roads etc.
--v.tr. surface with asphalt.

Derivative

asphalter n. asphaltic adj.

Etymology

ME, ult. f. LL asphalton, -um, f. Gk asphalton

THESAURUS

asphalt

Formica, Masonite, Tarmac, Tarvia, alabaster, amphibole, antimony, apatite, aplite, arsenic, asbestos, azurite, bauxite, bitumen, bituminous macadam, blacktop, boron, brick, brimstone, bromine, brucite, calcite, canvas, carbon, carpeting, celestite, cement, chalcedony, chlorite, chromite, clapboard, clay, coal, cobble, cobblestone, coke, concrete, cork tile, corundum, cryolite, curb, curbing, curbstone, diatomite, edgestone, emery, epidote, epsomite, feldspar, fiber glass, flag, flagging, flagstone, flooring, garnet, glauconite, graphite, gravel, gypsum, hatchettine, holosiderite, iron pyrites, jet, kerb, kerbstone, kyanite, lignite, lime, linoleum, macadam, magnesite, malachite, maltha, marcasite, marl, meerschaum, mica, mineral coal, mineral oil, mineral salt, mineral tallow, mineral tar, mineral wax, molybdenite, monazite, obsidian, olivine, ozokerite, pantile, paper, parquet, pavement, pavestone, paving, paving stone, peat, perlite, phosphate rock, phosphorus, plasterboard, plywood, pumice, pyrite, pyrites, pyroxene, quartz, realgar, red clay, rhodonite, road metal, rock crystal, rocks, roofage, roofing, roofing paper, salt, selenite, selenium, shake, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, siderite, siding, silica, silicate, silicon, slate, spar, spinel, spodumene, spun glass, stone, sulfur, talc, talcum, tar paper, tarmacadam, tellurium, thatch, tile, tilestone, tiling, veneer, wainscoting, wallboard, walling, wallpaper, washboard, weatherboard, wollastonite, wood, wulfenite, zeolite

ROGET THESAURUS

asphalt

Smoothness

N smoothness, polish, gloss, lubricity, lubrication, down, velvet, velure, silk, satin, velveteen, velour, velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green, asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron, burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish, lapidary, lapidary, lapidarian, smooth, polished, leiodermatous, slick, velutinous, even, level, plane, sleek, glossy, silken, silky, lanate, downy, velvety, glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly, smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig.

Resin

N resin, rosin, gum, lac, sealing wax, amber, ambergris, bitumen, pitch, tar, asphalt, asphaltum, camphor, varnish, copal, mastic, magilp, lacquer, japan, artificial resin, polymer, ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite, Dowex, Diaion, resiny, resinous, bituminous, pitchy, tarry, asphaltic, asphaltite.