noun
- plural of tarmac; paved surfaces at airports where aircraft park, load, and unload
- plural of tarmac; road surfaces made of tar and crushed stone
verb
- third person singular present of tarmac; covers a surface with tarmac material
Examples
- The planes waited on the tarmacs for clearance to take off.
- Airport workers directed traffic across the busy tarmacs.
- The city tarmacs the old gravel roads every summer.
- Heavy trucks damaged the tarmacs near the construction site.
- Ground crews moved equipment between the different tarmacs.
- The contractor tarmacs driveways for residential customers.
- Ice formed on the tarmacs during the winter storm.