tarmac

tar·mac

 (tär′măk′)

n.

1. A tarmacadam road or surface.

2. A paved surface of a runway, taxiway, or apron at an airport.

v. tar·macked, tar·mack·ing, tar·macs

v.tr.

To cause (an aircraft) to sit on a taxiway.

v.intr.

To sit on a taxiway. Used of an aircraft.

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[Originally a trademark.]

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tarmac

(ˈtɑːmæk)

n

1. (Civil Engineering) a paving material that consists of crushed stone rolled and bound with a mixture of tar and bitumen, esp as formerly used for a road, airport runway, etc. Full name: tarmacadam See also macadam

2. (Aeronautics) the tarmac a runway at an airport: on the tarmac at Nairobi airport.

vb, -macs, -macking or -macked

(Civil Engineering) (tr) (usually not capital) to apply tarmac to

[C20: an abbreviation of tarmacadm, from tar¹ + macadam]

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Tar•mac

(ˈtɑr mæk)

1. Trademark. a bituminous binder, similar to tarmacadam, for surfacing roads, airport runways, etc.

n.

2. (l.c.) a road or runway paved with Tarmac or tarmacadam.

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Tarmac

Past participle: Tarmacked
Gerund: Tarmacking

Imperative

Tarmac

Tarmac

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tarmac

Past participle: tarmacked
Gerund: tarmacking

Imperative

tarmac

tarmac

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tarmac - a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving tarmacadam paving, paving material, pavement - material used to pave an area
	2.	tarmac - a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar macadam, tarmacadam paved surface - a level horizontal surface covered with paving material
Verb	1.	tarmac - surface with macadam; "macadam the road" macadamise, macadamize coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"

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Translations

رَصيف الطائِرَهطريق أَسْفَلْتي

asfaltletištní plochasilnice

startbanetjærebeton

Asphalt

καλντερίμι

asfalto

asfaltti

macadampiste

asfalt sa šljunkom

malbikaîur vegur/braut

asfaltomacadam al catramepista d'aeroporto

タールマカダム

타맥

degutbetonisgudronuota skaldos danga

gudronēts ceļš/skrejceļš

tarmac

asfaltdekkegrovt asfaltdekke

asfalt

asfalto

дегтебетон

letisková plocharozjazdová dráha

steza

asfalt

ยางมะตอย

asfaltasfalt kaplı pist

tarmac

沥青碎石路面铺有柏油的路

Tarmac

® tarmac [ˈtɑːmæk] (tarmacked (vb: pt, pp)) (esp Brit)

A. N (= substance) → asfalto m, alquitranado m
the Tarmac (Aer) (= runway) → la pista de despegue (Aut) (= road) → el asfalto

B. VT → asfaltar, alquitranar

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tarmac

[ˈtɑː^rmæk]

n

(British) (on road) → macadam m

(AVIATION) (at airport) → tarmac m

modif (British) [road, path, drive] → goudronné(e)

vt (British) → goudronner

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tarmac

n

Tarmac® → Makadam m; (generally) → Asphalt m, → Makadam m (spec)

(esp Brit Aviat) → Rollfeld nt

vt road (generally) → asphaltieren, makadamisieren (spec)

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tarmac

® [ˈtɑːmæk]

1. n (Brit) (on road) → macadam m al catrame; (runway) the tarmac → la pista

2. vt (Brit) → macadamizzare con il catrame

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tarmac

(ˈtaːmӕk) noun

the surface of a road, runway at an airport etc. The plane was waiting on the tarmac. teer رَصيف الطائِرَه тармак pista silnice, letištní plocha der Teermakadam asfaltbelægning; startbane άσφαλτοςpista mustkate, maandumisrada باند فرودگاه asfaltti pisteמסלול तारकोली रोडी़ asfalt kifutópálya landasan malbikaður vegur/braut piazzola 舗装路 타맥 gudronuota skaldos danga, degutbetonis gudronēts ceļš/skrejceļš tarmak batu tar asfaltasfaltdekke; rullebaneasfalt pista pistă бетонированная площадка cesta; štartovacia dráha steza asfalt asfaltsbeläggning, platta พื้นถนน; ทางขึ้นลงที่สนามบิน asfalt kaplı pist 鋪有柏油的路(路面、飛機跑道) гудроноване шосе تارکول سے بني ہوئي جگہ đường băng 铺有柏油的路（路面、飞机跑道）

tarmacadam (taːməˈkӕdəm) noun

a mixture of small stones and tar used for road surfaces etc. teer حَصْباء مع قُطْران لِرَصْف الطُّرُق настилка от чакъл и катран macadame dehtový makadam der Teermakadam tjærebeton σκυρόδεμα ασφάλτου material revestido con alquitrán bituumenkate, killustik(usegu) تارمک öljysora macadam goudronnéאספלט तारकोली रोड़ी lijevani asfalt kátránymakadám útburkolat lapisan jalan malbik, slitlag (macadam al catrame) 舗装用材の一種 (쇄석과 타르를 섞어 굳힌 포장재료) 타르머캐덤 asfaltas asfalts campuran batu kecil dan tar teerasfalt tjærebetongasfalt macadame macadam дегтебетон dechtový macadam katraniziran makadam asfalt asfaltsbeläggning ยางมะตอย katranlı mıcır 柏油碎石路面材料 дьогтебетон تارکول ملي ہوئي روڑي vật liệu rải đường 柏油碎石路面材料

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Tarmac

→ طريق أَسْفَلْتي asfalt tjærebeton Asphalt καλντερίμι asfalto asfaltti macadam asfalt sa šljunkom asfalto タールマカダム 타맥 tarmac grovt asfaltdekke asfalt asfalto дегтебетон asfalt ยางมะตอย asfalt tarmac 沥青碎石路面

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