tarmac
TarmacadamTarmacadam.
» We are taxiing in the tarmac.
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)Tarmacadam.
(Canada, Ireland, UK, broadly, countable, uncountable)Any bituminous road surfacing material.
Asphalt, Teermakadam
гудрони́рованное шоссе́gudronírovannoje šossé, асфа́льтasfálʹt
(Canada, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)The driveable surface of a road.
(countable, informal, uncountable)The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.
Rollfeld
- a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
- a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
Examples
6 sentencesWe are taxiing in the tarmac.
Sami's plane landed on the tarmac.
Sami walked out onto the tarmac.
We're on the tarmac.
The tarmac was cracked.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Clipping of tarmacadam, which is from tar + macadam (“crushed stones”). Originally a tradeClipping of tarmacadam, which is from tar + macadam (“crushed stones”). Originally a trademark owned by its inventor, Edgar Hooley.
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Forms
plural: tarmacsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar:tarmacadammacadam
- a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving:tarmacadam
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.