What does tarmac mean?
Tarmac means Tarmacadam..
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/ˈtɑː(ɹ)mæk/ · noun
Tarmacadam..
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, […].
As he walked across the tarmac in the bitter January wind he saw his own name going over the network: BOND, JAMES. BRITISH DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT 0094567, the short wait and the replies coming back on the different machines: NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE. And then, from the FBI: POSITIVE AWAIT CHECK.
Residents in Bolton are angry after workmen tarmaced only one half of their road leaving the other half strewn with potholes.
To your left is a green lane, partly tarmacked with chippings, which leads up to a little car-parking area.
"It is not unusual these days for the time spent tarmacking to exceed the time spent in the air, " said Senator John Danforth, R-Mo.
Use tarmac when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tarmac means Tarmacadam..
Common synonyms include asphalt, macadam, paved, tarmacadam.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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