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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving [syn: tarmacadam, tarmac]
2: a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar [syn: tarmacadam, tarmac, macadam] v
1: surface with macadam; "macadam the road" [syn: macadamize, macadamise, tarmac]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: from Tarmac, a trademark Date: 1919 a tarmacadam road, apron, or runway

Merriam Webster's

trademark — used for a bituminous binder for roads

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. propr. 1 = TARMACADAM. 2 a surface made of this, e.g. a runway. --v.tr. (tarmac) (tarmacked, tarmacking) apply tarmacadam to. Etymology: abbr.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Tarmac is a material used for making road surfaces, consisting of crushed stones mixed with tar. (TRADEMARK) (BRIT; in AM, usually use blacktop) ...a strip of tarmac. ...tarmac paths. 2. The tarmac is an area with a surface made of tarmac, especially the area from which planes take off at an airport. Standing on the tarmac were two American planes. N-SING: the N