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tarmacadam

American  
[tahr-muh-kad-uhm] / ˈtɑr məˌkæd əm /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of tarmacadam

First recorded in 1880–85; tar 1 + macadam

Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian

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

From BBC

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.

From The Guardian