tarmac — meaning in English

English meaning

• apron noun A piece of clothing worn over the front of the body to protect clothes, especially while cooking.
• tarmac noun A tar-based surfacing material used on roads, or the road surface itself.

Senses

tarmac is used for these senses in English:

• apron (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.
• tarmac (loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.

apron — full definition

1. noun A piece of clothing worn over the front of the body to protect clothes, especially while cooking.
2. noun A paved area near a building or runway, such as where planes park at an airport.

tarmac — full definition

1. noun A tar-based surfacing material used on roads, or the road surface itself.
2. noun The paved area of an airport where aircraft park or move around, apart from the runway.
3. verb (of an aircraft) To sit on the ground, often on the taxiway, waiting for permission to take off.

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