tarmacadam, tarmac, macadam
(noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
tarmacadam, tarmac
(noun) a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
macadamize, macadamise, tarmac
(verb) surface with macadam; “macadam the road”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tarmac (countable and uncountable, plural tarmacs)
Tarmacadam.
(loosely, British, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.
Synonym: asphalt
(British, Canada) The driveable surface of a road.
(informal, aviation) The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.
tarmac (third-person singular simple present tarmacs, present participle tarmacing or tarmaccing or tarmacking, simple past and past participle tarmaced or tarmacced or tarmacked)
(British, Canada) To pave with tarmacadam or a similar material.
(aviation) To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance.
• amtrac, mactra, ram-cat
Source: Wiktionary
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
