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road metal
noun
- broken stone, cinders, etc., used for making roads.
road metal
noun
- crushed rock, broken stone, etc, used to construct a road
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Word History and Origins
Origin of road metal1
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Example Sentences
The figure was that of a negro, who sat on a rock pile in the sun, hammering limestone chunks into road metal.
The slag solidifies into a hard stone which is broken up and used for making concrete and tar-paving, also for road metal.
The stones have been taken for road metal, the earth to lay on the land.
He carted away the interesting land-mark and broke up the cairn into road metal.
Yet how few have the energy and public spirit to get up and go for that dog with sticks, umbrellas, and pieces of road-metal!
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