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Road metal   /roʊd mˈɛtəl/   Listen
Road metal

noun
1.
Broken rock used for repairing or making roads.





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"Road metal" Quotes from Famous Books



... the creek. We got to bed in a thunderstorm—a vivid zigzag banging affair that circled round most of the night. The rain turned the ground into something beyond description as regards its slippery properties. Only a native donkey can keep footing in such ground. There is no road metal available in Mesopotamia. It is a stoneless place. The frogs trumpeted in chorus all night; packs of dogs or jackals swept about in droves, once at full pelt through our tent, like devils of the storm. It was nightmarish, but sleep brought that wonderful balancing force that sometimes clothes ...
— In Mesopotamia • Martin Swayne
... grey tug boat, painted the regulation battleship grey, slipped quietly along through the canal towing several barges loaded with road metal and lumber. ...
— On the Fringe of the Great Fight • George G. Nasmith


Words linked to "Road metal" :   rock, stone


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