tarmacadam

[tahr-muh-kad-uhm]

noun

1. a paving material consisting of coarse crushed stone covered with a mixture of tar and bitumen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tarmacadam¹

First recorded in 1880–85; tar ¹ + macadam

Example Sentences

I find this impossible to grasp, even before they say you can feel the heat rising through the tarmacadam.

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Then I remember Trevor telling me they added cement to the tarmacadam to help it set.

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After that tarmacadam action, Dan Walker will be beside himself, ramping up his soft-shoe shuffle to one of those really hectic jazz dances Snoopy used to do.

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