Definitions for tarmac
ˈtɑr mæktar·mac

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tarmacadam, tarmacnoun

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

2. tarmacadam, tarmac, macadamverb

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

3. macadamize, macadamise, tarmacverb

   surface with macadam

   "macadam the road"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tarmacnoun

   The bituminous surface of a road.

2. tarmacnoun

   Area of an airport where planes park or maneuver.

3. tarmacverb

   To pave

4. tarmacverb

   To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance

5. Etymology: Shortening of tarmacadam, which is tar + macadam (crushed stones).

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1. tarmac

   Tarmac is a material used for surfacing roads and other outdoor areas, consisting of crushed rock mixed with tar. It's also often used as a term to refer to the paved surfaces of an airport, especially the areas where aircraft stop and are serviced.

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1. Tarmac

   Tarmac is a type of road surfacing material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901. The term is also used, with varying degrees of correctness, for a variety of other materials, including tar-grouted macadam, bituminous surface treatments and even modern asphalt concrete.

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1. mactra

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tarmac in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tarmac in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tarmac in a Sentence

1. William Walters:

   We removed them from the buses as soon as those buses came to a stop on the tarmac and it was safe to do so.

2. Winslow Wheeler:

   We don’t know if these planes will be delivered and used for fighting, or just sit on the tarmac.

3. Trey Gowdy:

   There were a lot of things that called into question the legitimacy of that investigation, including what he's now making reference to, some of us have alluded to a lot in the past which is the real reason he had the July 5 press conference, it wasn't the tarmac, it was information he had about Loretta Lynch that if it became public, people would question their objectivity.

4. Trey Gowdy:

   It wasn’t the tarmac, it was the information he had about Loretta Lynch that if it became public, people would question their objectivity.

5. Mark Zandi:

   I think they've got a fighting chance to land the economic plane on the tarmac without crashing it, we need a little bit of luck on the pandemic and on the fallout of the Russian invasion.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tarmac
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tarmac
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tarmac