tarmac
IPA: tˈɑrmæk
noun
- Tarmacadam.
- (loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.
- (UK, Ireland, Canada) The driveable surface of a road.
- (informal, aviation) The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.
verb
- (Britain, Canada) To pave with tarmacadam or a similar material.
- (aviation) To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance.
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Examples of "tarmac" in Sentences
- My backyard is tarmac and in the shade.
- My backyard is tarmac and is in the shade.
- Road racing is the racing of motorcycles on tarmac.
- The rally was the first all tarmac event of the season.
- The pass is accessible with the tarmac road from both sides.
- Meanwhile, the tarmac surface of the land runway was developed.
- The man's and woman's bodies lie next to each other on the tarmac.
- The previous photo was simply of an aircraft sitting on the tarmac.
- In the late 1970s, the tarmac was expanded and a new taxiway built.
- The latest upgrades to the tarmac and support systems were made in 2002.
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