foaming

foaming
 n.β€” Β«About seven miles in the middle of the stretch between Kasilof and Bridge Access Road got a makeover last year, a project that involved grinding up the old pavement and injecting the mass with asphaltβ€” a process called β€œfoaming”—and using that to reinforce the roadbed. Then a layer of asphalt was paved over that, creating new surface.Β» β€”β€œHighway repairs may hit roadblocks without money” by Hal Spence Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, Alaska) May 6, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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