tarmac
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
Types & categories
- paving hypernym
Related & opposite
- tarmac derivation
Sense 2 verb
surface with macadam
macadam the road
Types & categories
- coat hypernym
Related & opposite
- tarmacadam derivation
- macadam derivation
- tarmacadam derivation
Sense 3 noun
a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
Types & categories
- paved surface hypernym
Related & opposite
- tarmac derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarmac |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | paving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarmacadam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | macadam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarmacadam |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | coat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tarmac |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | paved surface |