Tarmac

American  

[tahr-mak] / ˈtɑr mæk /

Trademark.

1. a brand of bituminous binder, similar to tarmacadam, for surfacing roads, airport runways, parking areas, etc.

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noun

1. (lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.

2. (lowercase) a layer or covering of Tarmac, tarmacadam, or tar.

tarmac British  

/ ˈtɑːmæk /

noun

1. 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

2. a runway at an airport

   on the tarmac at Nairobi airport

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verb

1. (tr) (usually not capital) to apply tarmac to

Example Sentences

More than 100 other pilots, flight attendants and ground crew said farewell on the tarmac or greeted them when they landed.

From The Wall Street Journal

A photo posted by the embassy showed Wright on the tarmac at Maiquetia International Airport, which serves the capital Caracas, accompanied by the new US charge d'affaires in Venezuela, Laura Dogu.

From Barron's

Delay updates weren’t timely or consistent, and after they got on the plane, the pilot alerted them of a fueling issue that kept everyone on the tarmac for another hour.

From The Wall Street Journal

When they landed, Auntie North helped them all off the plane and onto the tarmac of a small airport.

From Literature

It then touched down but failed to stop on the runway, overshooting the tarmac before coming to rest in shallow water, the CAA's director Ahmed Macalin Hassan said.

From BBC

Related Words

• airstrip
• path
• platform
• ramp
• road