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tarpit noun

  • A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the tar.
 fosse à bitume, lac d'asphalte

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

tarpit noun {m}

tarpit
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