tarmac
/ˈtɑrmæk/
noun
- An area covered with a hard, dark surface made of tar and small stones, used for roads, runways, or parking lots.
- The airport's tarmac was busy with ground crew and luggage carts.
- Children rode their bikes on the smooth tarmac of the school playground.
- The plane taxied slowly across the tarmac before taking off.
- The material itself, consisting of tar mixed with crushed stone, used for paving.
- They repaired the pothole with a patch of tarmac.
- The workers laid fresh tarmac on the driveway.
- Tarmac is durable and can withstand heavy traffic.
verb
- To cover a surface with tarmac.
- Our driveway was tarmacked last spring and still looks new.
- They tarmacked the parking lot to make it easier for customers.
- The city plans to tarmac the old gravel road next month.