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Noun Concept
Categories: English inventions, Pavements, Asphalt, Articles with short description
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tarmacadam  tarmac  asphalt  asphalt concrete  Tar Macadam
EN
A paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving WordNet 3.0
English:
road surface
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A paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Tarmacadam is a road surfacing material made by combining crushed stone, sand, and tar, patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1902. Wikipedia
A mainly historical tar-based material for macadamising road surfaces, patented in 1902 Wikipedia Disambiguation
A mixture containing tar, used to make roads, pavements etc. OmegaWiki
Any bituminous road surfacing material. Wiktionary
A mixture of tar and small stones used in paving. Wiktionary
IS A
paving
road surface
DERIVATION
macadamize
DIFFERENT FROM
apron
blacktop
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Edgar Purnell Hooley
NAMED AFTER
tarmacadam
pitch
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
tarmacadam, tarmac
Wikipedia
EN
tarmacadam
Wikidata
EN
tarmac
Wiktionary
EN
tarmac, tarmacadam
OmegaWiki
EN
asphalt, asphalt concrete, tarmac
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Tar Macadam, tarmac (road surface), tarred road
Wikidata Alias
EN
tarmacadam

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