Usually means: Paving material made from tar.
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  1. tarmacadam: Merriam-Webster
  2. tarmacadam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tarmacadam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tarmacadam: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tarmacadam: Vocabulary.com
  6. tarmacadam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tarmacadam: Wiktionary
  8. tarmacadam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. tarmacadam: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tarmacadam: Dictionary.com
  11. Tarmacadam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. tarmacadam: Rhymezone
  13. tarmacadam: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tarmacadam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. tarmacadam: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tarmacadam: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tarmacadam)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A mixture of tar and small stones used in paving.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cover or surface with tarmacadam.

Similar:
asphalt, tarmac, paved, macadam, macadamized, Telford, blacktop, tarpit, tar pit, tanbark, more...

Opposite:
dirt road, gravel road, unpaved road

Types:
asphalt, concrete, blacktop, more...



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Similar:
asphalt, tarmac, paved, macadam, macadamized, Telford, blacktop, tarpit, tar pit, tanbark, more...

Opposite:
dirt road, gravel road, unpaved road

Types:
asphalt, concrete, blacktop, more...



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