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Meanings of tarmacadam in English

Portuguese
macadame
Catalan
quitrà

A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.

macadame
Usage of tarmacadam in English
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When it was finished we put in a tarmacadam driveway.
The Irish Times
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Outside a tarmacadam driveway leads to a large garage and there is a side entrance.
The Irish Times
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The promenade is 22 metres wide, of which the tarmacadam path is four metres wide.
The Irish Times
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He said vandals had damaged the paving slabs, and tarmacadam used in a repair had degenerated.
The Irish Times
5
It is the ancestor of our modern asphalt or tarmacadam roadway (tarmac for short).
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6
A bird has been laying eggs on a piece of plastic on the tarmacadam outside the house.
The Irish Times
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Their latest initiative is to widen all the island roads and to tarmacadam all the laneways and boreens.
The Irish Times
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Life had not only persisted in such inhospitable circumstances but also flourished with enough strength to buckle tarmacadam.
The Irish Times
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The original stone-shod military way has largely disappeared under a modern tarmacadam road winding its way through the mountains.
The Irish Times
10
Broken glass and rubbish are strewn around the flat-roofed buildings, and weeds and grass poke through the uneven tarmacadam.
The Irish Times
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Two years ago a large part of the lawn of Leinster House was dug up and plastered over with tarmacadam.
The Irish Times
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Her mother Frances across the tarmacadam at Dublin Airport, showing some turn of pace herself, to hug her feted daughter.
The Irish Times
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Built around 1600, this unusual and handsome property is completely hidden from the road behind security gates down a tarmacadam drive.
The Irish Times
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Outside, impressive black iron gates lead to a tarmacadam forecourt and two side entrances give access to a secluded rear garden.
The Irish Times
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It was opened as a nursing home in 1947 and is at the entrance to the town, approached by a tarmacadam driveway.
The Irish Times
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The forlorn wrecks of cars and motorbikes dotting southern Sudan's potholed dirt racks and rare tarmacadam roads might signal chaos to some.
Reuters
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Translations for tarmacadam
Portuguese
macadameasfalto
Catalan
quitrà
Tarmacadam through the time