tarmac
tarmacs
If your airplane is on the tarmac, that means you're either just about to take off or you've just landed. Either way, the tarmac is the paved runway at the airport.
The term tarmac refers to the area of an airport where airplanes taxi, or pull up to a gate, or head out to the runway. The runway itself is also called the tarmac. The name comes from a specific tar-based paving material that's also commonly used on roads. Originally, the word was trademarked as shorthand for tarmacadam, "tar mixed with crushed rock."
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a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
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synonyms:
macadam, tarmacadam
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type of:
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paved surface
a level horizontal surface covered with paving material
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paved surface
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a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
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synonyms:
tarmacadam
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type of:
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pavement, paving, paving material
material used to pave an area
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pavement, paving, paving material
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surface with macadam
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synonyms:
macadamise, macadamize
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