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August 11, 2009

tarmac | Examples, definitions and more from Wordnik

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  • Cleartrip Lays Off 42 - As the dynamics of air travel is changing with more and more airlines finding themselves stuck on the tarmac, the online travel ticketing business is going through some belt-tightening. — Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Electricity is available for just one or two hours a day - until the generator conks out - the roof needs fixing, the tarmac is a mess and the entire place needs to be rewired. — 680news.com

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American Heritage Dictionary (3)

  1. noun A tarmacadam road or surface, especially an airport runway.
  2. transitive verb To cause (an aircraft) to sit on a taxiway.
  3. intransitive verb To sit on a taxiway. Used of an aircraft.

WordNet (3)

  1. a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
  2. a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
  3. surface with macadam

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  1. Originally a trademark.
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