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tarcrete

tarcrete noun: a kind of tarry soil near mineral oil sources formed from oil and soot droplets with sand or gravel, precluding plant growth.

Noun

tarcrete (usually uncountable, plural tarcretes)

  1. (usually) A kind of tarry soil near mineral oil sources formed from oil and soot droplets with sand or gravel, precluding plant growth.

Forms of tarcrete

pluraltarcretes

Origin of tarcrete

From tar + -crete.

Questions about tarcrete

What does tarcrete mean?
Tarcrete means a kind of tarry soil near mineral oil sources formed from oil and soot droplets with sand or gravel, precluding plant growth.
What part of speech is tarcrete?
Tarcrete is a noun.
What is the plural of tarcrete?
The plural of tarcrete is tarcretes.

Words near tarcrete in the dictionary

  1. tarbush
  2. tarbushes
  3. tarbuttite
  4. tarcheal
  5. Tarcombe
  6. tarcrete
  7. tarcretes
  8. Tarcutta
  9. Tarcău
  10. tard
  11. tard guard

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