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tarmac
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tarmac has 2 senses
- tarmac(n = noun.substance) tarmacadam - a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving; Array is a kind of pavement, paving, paving material
- tarmac(n = noun.artifact) macadam, tarmacadam - a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar; Array is a kind of paved surface
Derived form verb tarmac1
Derived form verb tarmac1
Verb tarmac has 1 sense
- tarmac(v = verb.contact) macadamise, macadamize - surface with macadam; "macadam the road" is one way to coat, surface
Derived forms noun tarmac2, noun tarmac1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
tarmac, n. & v.
--n. propr.
1 = TARMACADAM.
2 a surface made of this, e.g. a runway.
--v.tr. (tarmac) (tarmacked, tarmacking) apply tarmacadam to.
--n. propr.
1 = TARMACADAM.
2 a surface made of this, e.g. a runway.
--v.tr. (tarmac) (tarmacked, tarmacking) apply tarmacadam to.
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