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Tamarac

[ tam-uh-rak ]
/ ˈtæm əˌræk /

noun

a city in SE Florida.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for tamarac

  • Many of the roads leading thereto had been paved with tamarac poles, making what is now known as corduroy roads.

    Death Valley in '49|William Lewis Manly

  • Canada then fell back on tamarac, or 'hackmatac,' as builders called it.

    All Afloat|William Wood

  • It was shored up with tamarac poles and when the camp was abandoned Paul pulled up this cribbing.

    The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan|W. B. Laughead

  • That he might see ore-crushers at work for the first time in his life, he visited the Tamarac mine.

    Inventors at Work|George Iles