Synonyms for tarmac

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tahr-mak

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɑr mæk

Définition of tarmac

Origin : 1903 as a trademark name, short for tarmacadam (1882) "pavement created by spraying tar over crushed stone," from tar (n.1) + John Latin McAdam (see macadam). By 1919, tarmac was being used generally in Great Britain for "runway."

As in runway : noun track

Example sentences :

On this tarmac was a flight of shining airplanes, ready to take off.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

Nearly all our bombs fell on the tarmac, and they did hardly any damage at all.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

He looked at the two-place sailplane which sat on the tarmac.
Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

Something was squatting on the tarmac close to the petrol tank.
Extract from : « Berry And Co. » by Dornford Yates

He went out and took the slide-stair down to the tarmac where squad ship 390 waited in standard police readiness.
Extract from : « A Matter of Importance » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

In his car, which conveyed them from the tarmac to the Embassy, she received all his overtures in the same silence.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

Only in the middle of the tarmac, where the remnants of the airplanes blazed, was there any sign of fire.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

There were three machines resembling dynamos, placed one at each corner of the tarmac, equidistant from the central holocaust.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

Straight out toward the side of the tarmac it moved jerked downward diagonally, until it rested only a few feet above the ground.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

Far underneath he saw the clearing, and two airplanes on the tarmac, the aviators looking like beetles from that height.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

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