tar sand
bituminous sand or sandstone from which asphalt can be obtained.
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How to use tar sand in a sentence
The Canadian tar sand deposits exist under an area of forest and wetland the size of Florida.
Massive trucks 20 feet tall rumble into the mine empty and return with 400 tons of tar sand.
It was in some sort of tar sand, of which we have seen a good deal on our journey.
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British Dictionary definitions for tar sand
a sandstone in which hydrocarbons have been trapped; the lighter compounds evaporate, leaving a residue of asphalt in the rock pores
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