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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.
[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
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tarmac
Past participle: tarmacked
Gerund: tarmacking
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| Noun | 1. | tarmac - a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving |
| 2. |  tarmac - a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tarpaved surface - a level horizontal surface covered with paving material | |
| Verb | 1. |  tarmac - surface with macadam; "macadam the road" |
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Translations
رَصيف الطائِرَهطريق أَسْفَلْتي
asfaltletištní plochasilnice
startbanetjærebeton
asfaltti
asfalt sa šljunkom
malbikaîur vegur/braut
タールマカダム
타맥
degutbetonisgudronuota skaldos danga
gudronēts ceļš/skrejceļš
letisková plocharozjazdová dráha
steza
asfalt
ยางมะตอย
asfaltasfalt kaplı pist
tarmac
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
the Tarmac (Aer) (= runway) → la pista de despegue (Aut) (= road) → el asfalto
B. VT → asfaltar, alquitranar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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tarmac
vt road (generally) → asphaltieren, makadamisieren (spec)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tarmac
(ˈtaːmӕk) noun the surface of a road, runway at an airport etc. The plane was waiting on the tarmac.
tarmacadam (taːməˈkӕdəm) noun a mixture of small stones and tar used for road surfaces etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009