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glasphalt en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of glass + asphalt

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A type of asphalt that uses crushed glass in place of rock aggregate.
    • 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 […] 1970 March 16, “Riding on Wastes”, in Time, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2010:
    • Indeed, in a glut, contaminated materials may find no market at any price, or they may be used for low-value uses such as landfill cover, glasphalt paving, or sandblasting--not for closed-loop recycling that reduces solid waste and saves natural resources. 1991 November 15, Eric Melvin, “Garbage In, Garbage Out”, in Chicago Reader: