We're on the tarmac.
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Tarmac
//ˈtɑː(ɹ)mæk//
Synonyms for "tarmac" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (13)
Noun(2 words)
Verb(3 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- макадам noun (bituminous road surface)
- писта noun (area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver)
Catalan
1 entries- asfalt noun (bituminous road surface)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 停機坪 /停机坪 noun (area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 停机坪 noun (area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver)
- 柏油路 noun (bituminous road surface)
- 瀝青路 /沥青路 noun (bituminous road surface)
Dutch
2 entries- asfalt noun (bituminous road surface)
- bitumen noun (bituminous road surface)
Finnish
4 entries- asemataso noun (area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver)
- asfaltti noun (bituminous road surface)
- bitumisora noun (bituminous road surface)
- platta noun (area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver)
French
1 entries- tarmac noun (bituminous road surface)
German
3 entries- Asphalt noun (bituminous road surface)
- Rollfeld noun (area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver)
- Teermakadam noun (bituminous road surface)
Hungarian
3 entries- aszfaltburkolat noun (bituminous road surface)
- aszfaltpálya noun (bituminous road surface)
- aszfaltút noun (bituminous road surface)
Icelandic
2 entries- asfalt noun (bituminous road surface)
- malbik noun (bituminous road surface)
Irish
2 entries- tarmac noun (bituminous road surface)
- tarramhacadam noun (bituminous road surface)
Italian
1 entries- asfalto noun (bituminous road surface)
Japanese
2 entries- アスファルト舗装路 noun (bituminous road surface)
- ターマック noun (bituminous road surface)
Korean
1 entries- 타맥 noun (bituminous road surface)
Māori
1 entries- papatau noun (bituminous road surface)
Polish
1 entries- betonka noun (area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver)
Portuguese
2 entries- asfalto noun (bituminous road surface)
- macadame noun (bituminous road surface)
Russian
2 entries- асфа́льт noun (bituminous road surface)
- гудрони́рованное шоссе́ noun (bituminous road surface)
Spanish
1 entries- asfalto noun (bituminous road surface)
Swahili
1 entries- lami noun (bituminous road surface)
Swedish
1 entries- asfalt noun (bituminous road surface)
Turkish
1 entries- asfalt noun (bituminous road surface)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
We are taxiing in the tarmac.
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Sami's plane landed on the tarmac.
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Sami walked out onto the tarmac.
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