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tarmacadam

tarmacadam noun: a mixture of tar and small stones used in paving.

Noun

tarmacadam (countable and uncountable, plural tarmacadams)

  1. (archaic) A mixture of tar and small stones used in paving.
    Synonyms:
    tarmac

Verb

tarmacadam (third-person singular simple present tarmacadams, present participle tarmacadaming, simple past and past participle tarmacadamed)

  1. (transitive) To cover or surface with tarmacadam.

tarmacadam meaning in Tamil

tarmacadam in Tamil

காலெண்ணெய்க் கும்மாயம், பாட்டை போடுவதற்குரிய கற்கூளமும், சாம்பற்கசடு கலந்த கீல் கலவை, கீல்ட்டு மூடு

Synonyms of tarmacadam

Forms of tarmacadam

Noun
pluraltarmacadams
Verb
third-person singular presenttarmacadams
present participletarmacadaming
past participletarmacadamed
pasttarmacadamed

Origin of tarmacadam

From tar + macadam.

Questions about tarmacadam

What does tarmacadam mean?
Tarmacadam means a mixture of tar and small stones used in paving.
What is tarmacadam in Tamil?
Tarmacadam in Tamil is காலெண்ணெய்க் கும்மாயம், பாட்டை போடுவதற்குரிய கற்கூளமும், சாம்பற்கசடு கலந்த கீல் கலவை. See Tarmacadam meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tarmacadam?
Tarmacadam can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of tarmacadam?
The plural of tarmacadam is tarmacadams.

Words near tarmacadam in the dictionary

  1. Tarlton
  2. Tarltonian
  3. Tarltons
  4. tarm
  5. tarmac
  6. tarmacadam
  7. tarmacadamed
  8. tarmacadaming
  9. tarmacadams
  10. tarmacced
  11. tarmaccing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tarmacadam (page history and authors); tarmacadam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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