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blacktop

/ˈblæktɒp/noun

उच्चारण ब्लैक्टॉप

सड़कों और खेल के मैदानों की काली कठोर सतह, तारकोल या डामर की बनी

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [U] North American

    a hard black surface for roads and playgrounds, made from tar or asphalt

    सड़कों और खेल के मैदानों की काली कठोर सतह, तारकोल या डामर की बनी

    • The blacktop was too hot to walk on barefoot.
    • Children played cricket on the blacktop behind the school.
    • The village road was covered with fresh blacktop.
    + 3 more examples
    • Workers laid fresh blacktop on the road before the monsoon.
    • The school's basketball court has a blacktop surface.
    • Cars shimmered in the heat above the blacktop.

    Synonyms tarmac asphalt

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

blacktop (uncountable)

It is mostly American. The material or surface is uncountable.

यह मुख्यतः American शब्द है। सामग्री या सतह के रूप में यह uncountable है।

  • The playground was covered with blacktop.
  • Blacktop gets hot in summer.

on the blacktop

Use 'on' for the surface that you stand or play on.

जिस सतह पर खड़े हों या खेलें, उसके लिए 'on' आता है।

  • The children played cricket on the blacktop.

blacktop + noun

As a modifier it describes roads or courts surfaced with it.

Modifier के रूप में यह इससे बनी सड़कों या मैदानों को बताता है।

  • A blacktop road leads to the school.
  • The blacktop court was newly marked.

blacktop vs asphalt vs tarmac

The three words name nearly the same road surface; blacktop is American, tarmac is British.

तीनों शब्द लगभग एक ही सड़क-सतह के नाम हैं; blacktop American है और tarmac British।

  • The playground blacktop is American English; British speakers say tarmac.
  • Asphalt is the general material name.

blacktop (verb, rare)

As a verb, it means to cover with blacktop.

Verb के रूप में इसका अर्थ किसी सतह पर ब्लैकटॉप बिछाना है।

  • The council will blacktop the lane next month.
+Collocations 5

verb + blacktop

layrepaircover withresurfacecross

  • They resurfaced the lane with fresh blacktop.

adjective + blacktop

hotcrackedsmoothfreshwet

  • The cracked blacktop needed repair.

blacktop + noun

roadcourtplaygrounddriveway

  • A blacktop driveway led to the house.

place + blacktop

school blacktophighway blacktopparking-lot blacktop

  • Chalk lines were drawn on the school blacktop.

sports on blacktop

basketball on the blacktopcricket on the blacktopskating on the blacktopcycling on the blacktop

  • The boys played cricket on the blacktop after school.
“More examples 6
  • After the rain, steam rose from the blacktop.

बारिश के बाद ब्लैकटॉप से भाप उठ रही थी।

  • The college playground was recently covered with blacktop.

कॉलेज के मैदान पर हाल ही में ब्लैकटॉप बिछाया गया था।

  • Radhika's bicycle skidded on the wet blacktop.

राधिका की साइकिल गीले ब्लैकटॉप पर फिसल गई।

  • The small lane was turned into a blacktop road.

छोटी गली को ब्लैकटॉप की सड़क में बदल दिया गया।

  • Children drew pictures on the blacktop with chalk.

बच्चों ने ब्लैकटॉप पर चॉक से चित्र बनाए।

  • The bus stop stood beside a long stretch of blacktop.

बस स्टॉप ब्लैकटॉप की एक लंबी पट्टी के पास था।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Blacktop, asphalt and tarmac name road surfaces made from bitumen.

Blacktop, asphalt और tarmac बिटुमेन से बनी सड़क-सतहों के नाम हैं।

blacktop

American; a paved road or play surface.

American शब्द; पक्की सड़क या खेलने की सतह।

  • The school blacktop was crowded.

asphalt

The general name of the material.

सामग्री का सामान्य नाम।

  • The asphalt was laid at night.

tarmac

British; road or airport surface.

British शब्द; सड़क या हवाई अड्डे की सतह।

  • The plane taxied along the tarmac.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

tarmac asphalt

AaSpelling

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