blacktop

 
Pronunciation: /ˈblaktɒp/
chiefly North American

noun

[mass noun]
  • asphalt, tarmacadam, or other black material used for surfacing roads: the shiny blacktop of the drive [as modifier]: blacktop roads
  • [count noun] a road or area surfaced with blacktop: I turned on to the two-lane blacktop

verb (blacktops, blacktopping, blacktopped)

[with object]
  • surface (a road or area) with blacktop: 41 km had been blacktopped to date