Tarmac
Americannoun
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(lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
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(lowercase) a layer or covering of Tarmac, tarmacadam, or tar.
noun
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Full name: tarmacadam. a paving material that consists of crushed stone rolled and bound with a mixture of tar and bitumen, esp as formerly used for a road, airport runway, etc See also macadam
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a runway at an airport
on the tarmac at Nairobi airport
verb
Example Sentences
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In a brief Tarmac Q&A with traveling press on Thursday—a minimal effort to relieve growing tensions about her availability—Harris said that she wants “to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month.”
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2024
Some activists glued themselves to the Tarmac, while another stuck himself to a police car on 29 September.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2022
In February, Patrick Lecer, the CEO of Tarmac Aerosave, the company that owns the Teruel boneyard and three others in France, had one eye cocked towards China.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2020
“Nothing excites compassion, in friend and foe alike,” he wrote, “as much as the sight of you ker-splonked on the Tarmac with your propeller buried six feet under.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2016
Tarmac The line of departure on the field.
From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington
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