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Asphaltic

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Adjective

1. asphaltic

containing asphalt

Example Sentences:
'asphaltic residues'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Asphaltic

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noun
1. 
any of several black semisolid substances composed of bitumen and inert mineral matter. They occur naturally in parts of America and as a residue from petroleum distillation: used as a waterproofing material and in paints, dielectrics, and fungicides
2. 
a mixture of this substance with gravel, used in road-surfacing and roofing materials
3. (modifier)
containing or surfaced with asphalt
verb
4. (transitive)
to cover with asphalt

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Asphaltic

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noun
1. 
a brown or black, tarlike, bituminous substance that consists mainly of hydrocarbons, found in large flat beds or made by refining petroleum
2. 
a mixture of this with sand or gravel, for cementing, paving, roofing, etc.
verb transitive
3. 
to pave, roof, etc. with asphalt

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Asphaltic

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n.
1. See bitumen.
2. A mixture of bitumen with crushed stone gravel or sand, used for paving or roofing.
tr.v. as·phalt·ed, as·phalt·ing, as·phalts
To pave or coat with asphalt.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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