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Asphalt Rock Pronunciation
Asphalt Rock is pronounced AS-fawlt-RAHK, IPA /ˈæsˌfɔlt ˈrɑk/.
AS-fawlt-RAHK
US /ˈæsˌfɔlt ˈrɑk/ · UK /ˈæsfɒlt ˈrɒk/
Syllables: AS · fawlt · RAHK (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (phrase): Natural rock that already contains asphalt, quarried and used for paving.
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Asphalt Rock in a Sentence
- The quarry supplied asphalt rock to half the county.
- Asphalt rock was paving American streets by the 1870s.
- A seam of asphalt rock runs under the ridge.
Common Mispronunciations of Asphalt Rock
Not as-FAWLT ROK
Two words, and the first one leads. Say AS-fawlt at full volume and let rock follow a little lower.
Not ASH-fawlt rahk
Keep the sp as a crisp s followed by f. The sh version turns up in speech but not in dictionaries.
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