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In some senses, tarmac is marked as informal, UK, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
tarmac
/ˈtɑː(ɹ)mæk/
noun 4verb 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
cracked, haughty
VERB + TARMAC
landed, taxiing
TARMAC + NOUN
roads
PREP.
down, in, on, on, onto, out
Definitions
noun
1
Tarmacadam.
2
Any bituminous road surfacing material.
How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […].
3
The driveable surface of a road.
4
The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.
verb
1
To pave with tarmacadam or a similar material.
To your left is a green lane, partly tarmacked with chippings, which leads up to a little car-parking area.
Residents in Bolton are angry after workmen tarmaced only one half of their road leaving the other half strewn with potholes.
2
To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance.
"It is not unusual these days for the time spent tarmacking to exceed the time spent in the air, " said Senator John Danforth, R-Mo.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks hel
- tarmacadam
- macadam
noun — a paving material of tar and broken stone
- tarmacadam
verb — surface with macadam
- macadamize
- macadamise
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of t
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To your left is a green lane, partly tarmacked with chippings, which leads up to a little car-parking area.
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Residents in Bolton are angry after workmen tarmaced only one half of their road leaving the other half strewn with potholes.
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"It is not unusual these days for the time spent tarmacking to exceed the time spent in the air, " said Senator John Danforth, R-Mo.
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We're on the tarmac.
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We are taxiing in the tarmac.
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