black-top
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of blacktop.
noun
Alternative form of blacktop.
Example Sentences
- "In Lincoln County, Minn., we consider it advisable to black-top our roads when the traffic count reaches 100 vehicles a day."
- "We have that there, too, and they black-topped it."
- "You wouldn't by any chance remember whether they black-topped that trail from Aztec to Dulce?"
- "Using very simple language, it tries to raise awareness of how badly we are treating the earth and how many of the things I remember from when I was growing up have vanished or are covered with black-top."
- "The black-top felt rugged under his jaw and cheek, yet warm from the moisture."
- "I assigned that area to him and drove my car further north on the black-top."