Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "asphalt" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

freeway street corner

Derived Terms

Syrian asphalt air-blown asphalt asphalt concrete asphalt emulsion asphalt jungle asphalt road asphalt shingle asphaltene asphalter asphaltic asphaltite asphaltlike deasphalt glasphalt nonasphalt

Has Property

opaque

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

mineral pave pavement paving paving material

Type Of (IsA)

artificial substance mineral mixture paving material solid tangible artifact sturdy object

Made Of

tar

Manner Of

pave

Related Terms

asphalt concrete asphaltene bitumen black black pavement black road concrete concrete like covering driving driving on floor floor street gravel like making making roads material on roads pave pavement petroleum road road covering road material road surface roads sticky street surface tar tarmac viscous

Synonym Network

bitumen blacktop tarmac

Used For

pave roads paving roads

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.