tarmac
tarmac
Definition
tar·mac (tär′mak′)
noun
- tarmacadam
- Chiefly Brit. an airport runway or apron
- Chiefly Brit. a paved road
Etymology: < tarmacadam
tarmac
Usage Examples
Object
- road: Today, most of us take relatively smooth, tarmac roads for granted.
Converse of object
- lay: The car park is within easy walking distance of the terminal, is well lit and is on newly laid tarmac.
- hit: At that very moment the wheels of the plane hit the tarmac with a bang causing the suitcase lid to slam shut once more.
- pound: Then again, you don't get a winter of miserably pounding the tarmac through all kinds of foul weather with the triathlon.
- reach: As you reach the tarmac, just adjacent to the farm, turn right and follow the road for 350 meters.
- leave: Just past the small town of Hatch we leave the tarmac to go off-road through the Dixie National Forest.
Adjective modifier
- smooth: Terrain is generally suitable of unaided access on smooth tarmac surfaces.
- colored: The first obstacle she came across was some different colored tarmac in the road.
- wet: The creature's soft, black eyes, slick as wet tarmac regarded me with what I can only describe as recognition.
- red: A special cycle lane has been built in red tarmac alongside the footpath.
- black: Take proper Avoid using naked black tarmac wherever possible.
- hot: A face lost forever to the cruel kiss of hot tarmac; a love abandoned forever to the cleansing fervor of the flames.
Preposition: on
- road: The majority of the terrain is tarmac on very quiet country roads but there are many options to increase the amount of off-road action.
Modifies a noun
- driveway: Outside The property is accessed via a tarmac driveway to the side which provides ample parking leads to the detached garage / workshop.
- runway: With the outbreak of war an east-west tarmac runway was constructed, followed by a NE-SW one.
- path: Access is very easy, with a tarmac path all the way around the loch edge.
- lane: Continue down the tarmac lane for half a mile.
- road: Note: The property is accessed along narrow tarmac roads leading to a loose surface mountain lane for the last 200 meters.
- gang: The tarmac gang claim to be contractors for the County or District Council.
Noun used with modifier
- level: Car Parking is FREE, with a network of level tarmac roads for ease of access for the disabled.
