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

The US and Iran have "major points of agreement," he said from the tarmac before his departure.

From BBC

United Airlines Flight 2384, scheduled to depart at 9:15 p.m., circles the tarmac for over an hour, according to Flightradar24 data.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We were literally like 100 metres away," says 23-year-old Leo Medina, who was onboard another plane on the tarmac when the crash happened.

From BBC

At around 23:40 local time on Sunday, shortly after Air Canada flight AC8646 had landed from Montreal, it collided with a firefighting vehicle on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport.

From BBC

AFP pictures showed the heavily damaged nose and cockpit section of the Air Canada Express plane, which had arrived from Montreal, on the tarmac flanked by emergency vehicles with their lights flashing.

From Barron's

Related Words

• airstrip
• path
• platform
• ramp
• road