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      tarmac
      noun
      a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
      a paving material of tar and broken stone
      verb
      surface with macadam
      Roots
      macadam-mac · Eponym · McAdam (road engineer)
      Words related to tarmac
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