tarcrete

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noun

A kind of tarry soil near mineral oil sources formed from oil and soot droplets with sand or gravel, precluding plant growth.

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Meanings

nountarcrete (usually uncountable, plural tarcretes)

plural tarcretes

  1. uncountableusuallyA kind of tarry soil near mineral oil sources formed from oil and soot droplets with sand or gravel, precluding plant growth.

Origin

From tar + -crete.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Carteret
Cite this entry
APA

tarcrete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarcrete

MLA

“tarcrete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarcrete. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tarcrete,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarcrete.

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