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What (who) is tarmac - definition
tarmac
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tarmac (disambiguation)
1.
Tarmac is a material used for making road surfaces, consisting of crushed stones mixed with tar. (TRADEMARK) (BRIT; in AM, usually use blacktop
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...a strip of tarmac.
...tarmac paths.
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2.
The tarmac is an area with a surface made of tarmac, especially the area from which planes take off at an airport.
Standing on the tarmac were two American planes.
N-SING: the N
tarmac
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tarmac (disambiguation)
¦ noun (trademark in the UK) material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, consisting of broken stone mixed with tar.
?a runway or other area surfaced with such material.
¦ verb (tarmacs, tarmacking, tarmacked) surface with tarmac.
Origin
early 20th cent.: abbrev. of tarmacadam.
Tarmacadam
ROAD SURFACE OF MACADAM SEALED AND BOUND WITH TAR AND SAND
Tar macadam; Tarred road; Tarmac (road surface)
Tarmacadam is a road surfacing material made by combining crushed stone, tar, and sand, patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1902. It is a more durable and dust-free enhancement of simple compacted stone macadam surfaces invented by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam in the early 1800s.
Examples of use of tarmac
1. As a national candidate, though, Hillary would have to adapt to the more TV–oriented, tarmac–to–tarmac format of general elections.
2. A new tarmac would be constructed during the first phase while the existing tarmac would be expanded to receive large aircraft such as A380s, Al–Ruhaimy said.
3. Potholes in the tarmac mark the site of bomb blasts.
4. "The vehicles operating on an airport tarmac are specialised vehicles.
5. Realistically, those young people should be bouncing off the Tarmac.