Dictionary 1. (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.2. (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. 3. (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. Thesaurus Tarmac Tarvia asphalt bitumen bituminous macadam blacktop brick broken ground broken water cement chop cobble cobblestone concrete corduroy corduroy road corrugation curb curbing curbstone edgestone flag flagging flagstone goose bumps goose pimples gooseflesh gravel horripilation kerb kerbstone lop macadam pavement pavestone paving paving stone ripple road metal rough sandpaper stone tarmacadam tile |