(UK, of a road) Surfaced, tarred, covered in stone or crushed rock (usually tar-coated).
(UK, of a road) Surfaced, tarred, covered in stone or crushed rock (usually tar-coated).
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(AU, NZ) Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc; gravel; road metal.
(uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
(UK, Ireland, Canada) The driveable surface of a road.
(loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.
(of any object) Made of metal or having metal fittings or plating.
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