tar-sealed

A worker spreads tar-sealed gravel on a new driveway.

Definition

Adjective: - Paved with a mixture of tar and gravel: "tar-sealed" describes a road or surface that has been coated with tar and then covered with small stones (gravel) to create a durable, waterproof driving or walking surface. This term is primarily used in New Zealand and Australia.

Usage Examples

• (The road was paved with tar and gravel.)
• (They are coated with a tar and gravel mixture.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tar-sealed road": a common phrase referring to a low-cost sealed road surface, often used in rural or remote areas.
  • The highway was busy, but the side roads were mostly tar-sealed. (The side roads had a tar and gravel surface.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tar seal (noun): the material or process of sealing a road with tar.
  • The council applied a new tar seal to the old road. (They used tar and gravel to resurface it.)
• Sealed road (noun): a road with a hard, waterproof surface (may include asphalt or tar-sealing).
  • The village is accessible only by a sealed road. (A road with a durable surface.)

Synonyms

• Tarred: coated or covered with tar.
  • The tarred driveway was smooth and black. (Coated with tar.)
• Gravel-sealed: a road sealed with gravel and a binder (often tar or bitumen).
  • The gravel-sealed road was dusty in dry weather. (Sealed with gravel and binder.)

Related Idioms

• No common idioms are associated with "tar-sealed" as it is a technical term.