a mixture of small broken stones and a tar or asphalt binder, used to pave roads
cf. macadam
Origin of tarmacadam
tar + macadamtarmacadam
tar·mac·ad·amWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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tarmacadam
noun
A pavement consisting of layers of crushed stone with a tar binder pressed to a smooth surface.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present tarmacadams, present participle tarmacadaming, simple past and past participle tarmacadamed)
- To cover or surface with tarmacadam.
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