Blacktop

Definitions: Blacktop

Blacktop

Noun

1. A black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock.

Verb

1. Coat with blacktop, as of a driveway.

Synonym: Blacktop

Synonym: blacktopping (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Blacktop

Specialty definitions using "blacktop": blacktop spreader. (references)

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Modern Usage: Blacktop

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Blacktop Afternoon (1995)
Song Titles	Where The Blacktop Ends (performing artist: Keith Urban)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Blacktop

Domain	Title
Books	The Blacktop Champion of Ickey Honey and Other Stories (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Blacktop (reference) Two-Lane Blacktop (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Blacktop

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Nepal	A blacktop road is presently under construction to Beni, the district headquarters and nearest town. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Blacktop

"Blacktop" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Blacktop" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Blacktop

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
two lane blacktop	56	blacktop cost	3
blacktop	54	blacktop legend	3
blacktop driveway	29	blacktop maintenance	3
blacktop sealer	17	blacktop rockford	3
blacktop end where	13	blacktop patch	3
blacktop cadence	6	blacktop end lyrics where	3
blacktop sealing	6	blacktop cost driveway	2
blacktop repair	6	two lane blacktop movie	2
2 blacktop lane	6	blacktop sealers	2
blacktop movie	5	blacktop driveway sealers	2
blacktop paving	5	blacktop entertainment	2
blacktop r r	4	blacktop coating	2
blacktop record	3	blacktop sealant	2
barreca blacktop	3	basketball blacktop	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Blacktop

Language		Translations for "blacktop"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Farsi		موادی که دراسفالت خیابان بکارمیرود, موادقیری که دراسفالت بکارمیرود, اسفالت کردن (Pave). (various references)

German		Schwarzdecke. (various references)

Hungarian		bitumenes út, bitumen (asphalt, bitumen, maltha, mineral pitch), aszfaltút, aszfalt (asphalt, bitumen). (various references)

Indonesian		aspal dicampur krikil. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		アスファルト�"路 (asbestos, asbestos cement, aspect, aspect ratio, asphalt road, tarmac road). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		アスファルトどうろ (asphalt road, tarmac road). (various references)

Pig Latin		acktopblay

Turkish		asfalt yol (tarmac), asfalt (asphalt, motorway, pavement, tarmac). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Blacktop

Derivations
	Words beginning with "blacktop": blacktopped, blacktopping, blacktops. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Blacktop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: backshop, Blaarkop. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Blacktop"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "blacktop" (pronounced bla"ktÄ'p)
4	-k t Ä' p	desktop.
3	-t Ä' p	backstop, countertop, hilltop, laptop, mountaintop, rolltop, rooftop, shortstop, tabletop.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Blacktop

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-k-l-o-p-t"
	-2 letters: cobalt.
	-3 letters: black, bloat, block, clapt, cloak, coapt, copal, octal, plack, polka.
	-4 letters: alto, atop, back, balk, blat, bloc, blot, boat, bock, bola, bolt, bota, calk, calo, capo, clap, clop, clot, coal, coat, cola, colt, kola, lack, loca, lock, lota, opal, pack, pact, plat, plot, pock, tack, taco, talc, talk, tola.
	-5 letters: abo, act.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-k-l-o-p-t"
	+1 letter: blacktops.
	+2 letters: pocketable.
	+3 letters: blacktopped.
	+4 letters: blacktopping.
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