Glasphalt

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of asphalt that uses crushed glass in place of rock aggregate. uncountable

    "One 58-foot-long test strip of glasphalt pavement, outside the Owens-Illinois Technical Center in Toledo, has held up well during the worst winter in years […]"

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"One 58-foot-long test strip of glasphalt pavement, outside the Owens-Illinois Technical Center in Toledo, has held up well during the worst winter in years […]"

Etymology

Blend of glass + asphalt

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