tarmac

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, […].”

CEFR level