tarmacadam noun & verb. [tɑ:mǝ'kadǝm] L19.
[from TAR noun¹ + MACADAM.]
A. noun. A material for surfacing roads, consisting of broken stone or ironstone slag bound with tar alone, or of tar mixed with pitch or creosote. L19.
b. verb trans. Cover with tarmacadam, apply tarmacadam to. Chiefly as tarmacadamed ppl adjective. E20.

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