Asphalt
Asphalt noun - Mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing.
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Paving and asphalt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paving" instead a noun "Asphalt".
Nearby Words: asphalted, asphalting
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- The development of asphalt as a paving surface made macadam surfaces (which are very labor-intensive to build) obsolete, but the old alternate term for "pavement" carried forward.
Source: Brand Name Takeover -
Interstate Highway system was being built by the Defense Department, researchers proposed low-yield nuclear weapons for practical purposes, such as paving the entire system with atomic weapons, turning the asphalt into atomic glass.
Source: Deus Ex Nukina
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Paving and Asphalt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/asphalt/paving
Asphalt & Paving. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/asphalt/paving>.
Paving or Asphalt. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/asphalt/paving.
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