blacktop/macadam

AAllan at AOL.COM AAllan at AOL.COM
Sat Dec 7 02:08:04 UTC 2002


DARE has an extensive entry for "macadam," complete with map: it's chiefly
Northeast, MidAtlantic, and North Central (esp. Ohio) for this definition:
"originally a road pavement made of layers of packed crushed rock, sometimes
strengthened by applying a bituminous binder; now usually blacktop or a
similar paving material."
No entry for "blacktop," presumably because the editors didn't consider that
term regional. - Allan Metcalf



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