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Word entry · 6 letters

tarmac

Best crossword clue

"Airport surface"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɑː(ɹ)mæk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aacmrtStarts with TEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3R4M5A6C

Definitions

  1. surface with macadam

Word origin

Clipping of tarmacadam, which is from tar + macadam (“crushed stones”). Originally a trademark owned by its inventor, Edgar Hooley.

Used in a sentence

  • To your left is a green lane, partly tarmacked with chippings, which leads up to a little car-parking area.
  • Residents in Bolton are angry after workmen tarmaced only one half of their road leaving the other half strewn with potholes.
  • "It is not unusual these days for the time spent tarmacking to exceed the time spent in the air, " said Senator John Danforth, R-Mo.

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