glasphalt

[ glas-fawlt, glahs-or, especially British, -falt ]

noun

1. a road-surfacing material composed of asphalt and crushed glass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glasphalt¹

1965–70; blend of glass and asphalt

Example Sentences

Many companies, for example, use the combined colored and clear shards to produce an aggregate for street paving called glasphalt.

From Time Magazine Archive

In testimony before the Senate Committee on Public Works last week, Richard L. Cheney, executive director of the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute, called attention to an experimental product called "glasphalt."

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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; engineers reported virtually no cracking, rippling or holes in the surface and gave it a top rating for skid resistance.

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