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tarmacs

tarmacs is the plural of tarmac.

Meaning of tarmac

Noun

tarmac (countable and uncountable, plural tarmacs)

  1. Tarmacadam.
  2. (Canada, Ireland, UK, broadly) Any bituminous road surfacing material.
    • 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, […].1922, Michael Arlen, “3/1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
    Synonyms:
    asphalt
  3. (Canada, Ireland, UK) The driveable surface of a road.
  4. (informal) The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.
    • 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.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Red Carpet”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 1

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Questions about tarmacs

What is tarmacs the plural of?
Tarmacs is the plural of tarmac.

Words near tarmacs in the dictionary

  1. tarmaced
  2. tarmacing
  3. tarmacked
  4. tarmacking
  5. tarmacky
  6. tarmacs
  7. Tarman
  8. Tarmans
  9. tarms
  10. tarn
  11. Tarn Taran

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