"road metal" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} road metal (uncountable)
  1. Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc.; gravel; blue metal. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-road_metal-en-noun-LFyKb0YJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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