Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 21 compound words that contain asphalt. The most common are listed below. Open asphalt in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- asphalt roadA road made of asphalt. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- asphalt jungleA city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
- asphalt concreteA material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed stone combined with asphalt as a binder.
- asphalt shinglesplural of asphalt shingle: A shingle manufactured by coating a reinforcing material (felt or fibrous glass mat) with asphalt and having mineral granules on the side exposed to the weather.
- asphalt emulsionA mixture of asphalt particles and emulsifying agent, such as bentonite clay and water.
- asphalt shingleA shingle manufactured by coating a reinforcing material (felt or fibrous glass mat) with asphalt and having mineral granules on the side exposed to the weather.
- asphalt paperSynonym of tarpaper: A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.
- Syrian asphaltSynonym of bitumen of Judea: A naturally occurring asphalt used since ancient times as a wood colorant, and in early photography.
- air-blown asphaltAsphalt produced by blowing air through molten asphalt to raise its softening point and modify other properties.
- asphalt junglesplural of asphalt jungle: A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
- asphalt emulsionsplural of asphalt emulsion: A mixture of asphalt particles and emulsifying agent, such as bentonite clay and water.
- asphalt concretesplural of asphalt concrete: A material often used for road surfacing, composed of a hard, granular material such as crushed stone combined with asphalt as a binder.
Compound words 21
- asphalticResembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.
- deasphalterA unit in a crude oil refinery or bitumen upgrader that separates out the asphalt from crude oil or bitumen.
- glasphaltA type of asphalt that uses crushed glass in place of rock aggregate.
- asphalterOne who pours or works with asphalt.
- asphaltiteAny of various bitumens containing asphaltenes.
- asphaltizationThe process of evaporation that converts petroleum into asphalt.
- deasphaltedDescribing a material whose asphalt content has been removed or reduced
- asphaltlikeResembling or characteristic of asphalt.
- deasphaltTo subject to a deasphalting process.
- deasphaltizationdeasphalting