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• n  a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
• n  a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
• v  surface with macadam

• I stand on the iron stairs leading from an air bridge to the tarmac of Manila airport.
• Paratroopers met them on the tarmac and instructed them to crawl toward the terminal, where the wounded were given emergency treatment, mostly for scrapes and bruises.
• Conversely, 224 flights sat on the tarmac for more than 4 hours.

• tarmacadam
• macadam
• macadamize
• macadamise

News & Articles

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• PARIS AIR SHOW 2013: The President of France goes for a walk at Le Bourget
  Arriving down the tarmac at Le Bourget at 9 a.m., I walked into someone coming the other way with quite an entourage: François Hollande, president of France, on walkabout.
  June 21, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Partly Cloudy
  LITTLE ROCK, AR -- The Delta Airlines plane taxied up the tarmac just like any other. But a precious package sat in cargo. "It's 62 years, and he's finally come home."
  June 21, 2013 - KARK Little Rock
• 4 Things Travelers Should Never Lose
  A recent example of cool (or grace under pressure) was displayed by passengers stuck on a very hot Allegiant plane in Las Vegas, idling on the sizzling tarmac. With no air conditioning.        
  June 21, 2013 - ABC News

Quotes

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• Sebastien Loeb in USA Today
  It's been a really tough rally but I'm very happy to take the 10 points,said Loeb, who won five of Saturday's six stages to open up his big lead and is chasing his sixth world title. "Tarmac rallies are especially important to me. This one...
• Barbara Boxer in Houston Chronicle
  ......Boxer said, "I've been stuck on the tarmac many times in my travel back and forth to California."
• Barack Obama in CBS News
  Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city -- no racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes,said Mr. Obama in describing his vision for high speed rail...