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tarmacadam

n. (context archaic English) A mixture of tar and small stones used in paving. vb. (context transitive English) To cover or surface with tarmacadam.

WordNet
tarmacadam
  1. n. a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving [syn: tarmac]

  2. a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar [syn: tarmac, macadam]

Usage examples of "tarmacadam".

Longat from his feet, actually tore the Bowies out of the ground and sent the bear-man sailing for over six feet to crash onto the tarmacadam, a crumpled wreck.

She landed on her fins well enough on the fields at Cosford, but this crater floor is no tarmacadam strip in Shropshire.

He looked down at the mossy growth already working its way into the tarmacadam here.

It was not as large as he had expected: three prefabricated hangars with a single tarmacadam runway.

Warrior dropped to the tarmacadam and the AK-47 over his right shoulder clattered against the ground.

With my assistance, he gets down on the tarmacadam, and then stretches out very flat on his stomach.

The tarmacadam of the roads shimmered, cupping little rippling mirages.

We had reached the junction with the A10, five lanes of newly laid tarmacadam as black as deep water.

Kelly was glad of the excuse to go search for the luggage the handlers had just dumped on the tarmacadam.