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Tarmac

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Noun

1. tarmac, tarmacadam

a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving

2. macadam, tarmac, tarmacadam

a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar

Verb

3. macadamise, macadamize, tarmac

surface with macadam

Example Sentences:
'macadam the road'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tarmac

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noun
1. 
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
. Full name: tarmacadam (ˌtɑːməˈkædəm ) See also macadam
2.  the tarmac
verb -macs, -macking or -macked
3. (transitive) (usually not capital)
to apply tarmac to

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Tarmac

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noun
1. 
tarmacadam
2.  Chiefly British
an airport runway or apron
3.  Chiefly British
a paved road

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Tarmac

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n.
1. A tarmacadam road or surface.
2. A paved surface of a runway, taxiway, or apron at an airport.
v. tar·macked, tar·mack·ing, tar·macs
v.tr.
To cause (an aircraft) to sit on a taxiway.
v.intr.
To sit on a taxiway. Used of an aircraft.

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