Meaning of tarmac | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Tarmacadam.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any bituminous road surfacing material.
   Canada, Ireland, UK, broadly, countable, uncountable
3. The driveable surface of a road.
   Canada, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
4. The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.
   countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“How meek and shrunken did that haughty Tarmac become as it slunk by the wide circle of asphalt of the yellow sort, that was loosely strewn before the great iron gates of Lady Hall as a forerunner of the consideration that awaited the guests of Rupert, Earl of Kare, […].”

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