asphalt
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
Types & categories
- paving hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cover with tar or asphalt
asphalt the driveway
Types & categories
- pave hypernym
Related & opposite
- asphalt derivation
Sense 3 noun
a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
Types & categories
- mineral hypernym
Related & opposite
- asphaltic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphalt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphaltic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | paving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphalt |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphaltic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mineral |