roadstone

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noun A general term for any type of stone or stone product, such as shingle, flints, crushed stone, etc used as a construction material for building roads.

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The oil is picked up all over the country by a fleet of 60 tankers, processed to remove contaminants and sold provide fuel for power stations, or to quarries for making roadstone.

More EU-mental disasters Richard 2004
And he didn't want to condemn himself to fifty years of heavy sponges, chewy pastry and rock cakes that seemed to have come straight from the local roadstone quarries.

A Place of Execution McDermid, Val 1999
The sun was still above the western horizon when the five riders passed the roadstone that declared Zechis a mere two deks ahead.

The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 1997
The first projects to be undertaken by SRDA were fired clay brick production, slate quarrying and the cutting of tiles, extraction and processing of mineral pigments, stone crushing for roadstone and terrazzo chips, and lime production.

Chapter 9 1985
Or perhaps if they'd dug up Stanton Moor for roadstone it could have been made even bigger.

The Guardian World News Laura Barton 2011
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The slate waste around Blaenau would supply Britain with roadstone for years, but it's stuck there until the Conwy Valley railway line is upgraded.

Bill Totten's Weblog 2009