tarmac

«tarmac» in Mova's school dictionary: a hard black material for road and path surfaces, made of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (tarmac, uncountable; the tarmac)

meaning for a pupil

1) Tarmac is a hard black material for road and path surfaces, made of crushed stones mixed with tar. tree →

2) «The tarmac» often means the area of an airport where planes park and take off. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, roads, playgrounds and driveways are covered with tarmac; in hot weather it can get very hot and even soft. In news: «The plane waited on the tarmac». In science, dark tarmac absorbs heat from the sun more than light surfaces.

examples

• The playground is covered in tarmac. tree →
• Workers laid new tarmac on our road. tree →
• The plane sat on the tarmac for an hour. tree →
• Tarmac gets very hot in summer, so dogs shouldn't walk on it at midday. tree →
• He grazed his knee on the tarmac. tree →
• The rain made the tarmac shiny and slippery. tree →

note

Uncountable noun. It is short for «tarmacadam», once a trade name, so some write «Tarmac» with a capital. In the USA, people usually say «asphalt» or «blacktop» for roads. In science, dark surfaces like tarmac absorb more heat than light ones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tarmac» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.