chipseal

English

Alternative forms

  • chip and seal
  • chip seal

Etymology

From chip +‎ seal.

Noun

chipseal (countable and uncountable, plural chipseals)

  1. A pavement surface treatment that combines one or more layers of asphalt with one or more layers of fine aggregate.

Synonyms

Verb

chipseal (third-person singular simple present chipseals, present participle chipsealing, simple past and past participle chipsealed)

  1. (transitive) To apply this surface treatment to.

References

  1. ^ Orsman, Harry W. (1997) The Dictionary of New Zealand English, First edition, Auckland: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 818

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