How to pronounce tarmac
American English pronunciation
TAR-mak
- IPA
- /ˈtɑɹˌmæk/
- Syllables
- TAR · mak (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tarmac means
The paved area at an airport where planes park
In a sentence: Our plane waited on the tarmac for twenty minutes before it could take off.
Where it comes from: It is short for tarmacadam, a kind of road surface. The name started out as a brand name owned by its inventor, Edgar Hooley.
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