Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The process of covering or paving with asphalt.

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  • verb Present participle of asphalt.

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Examples

  • Of course, in general asphalting is a great sign, although many people claim that the rainy season will wash it all away rather quickly and so we will be right back to bumpy and unreliable roads.

    Archive 2005-09-01 jen 2005

  • Of course, in general asphalting is a great sign, although many people claim that the rainy season will wash it all away rather quickly and so we will be right back to bumpy and unreliable roads.

    rats and puppies jen 2005

  • If you think about it, someone who is asphalting a road requires more food and water to provides their bodies with enough energy to complete the task.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Bankers’ Bonuses: 2009

  • Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges.

    Economy-overview 2008

  • Even during the war, Eritrea developed its transportation infrastructure, asphalting new roads, improving its ports, and repairing war-damaged roads and bridges.

    Eritrea 2008

  • When we finally got moving again, the road was having some asphalting done and so we were further delayed.

    rats and puppies jen 2005

  • When we finally got moving again, the road was having some asphalting done and so we were further delayed.

    Archive 2005-09-01 jen 2005

  • The three of them ended up doing a few small jobs, with the asphalting being the biggest.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

  • Cape Town International Airport has awarded two road works contracts to a black woman who started an asphalting company more than two years ago, the Airports Company of South Africa announced on Wednesday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • This does not include the highway whose asphalting is about finished, nor the Cauto

    CASTRO INAUGURATES TOWN IN RICEGROWING REGION 1970

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