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
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
