the tarmac

noun

: the area covered by pavement at an airport

Examples of the tarmac in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In these situations, packing cubes aren’t just a handy organization tool or space-saving hack—they’re an essential safeguard for preventing your clothes from getting lost on the tarmac and in baggage handling areas. —Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025

In a similar incident back in September, two United planes collided on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed. —Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025

Here, universities, industry labs, and national ambitions meet on the tarmac. —Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025

Smiling on the tarmac of an airbase outside Paris, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a deal with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday for his country to buy as many as 100 of France's most advanced Rafale fighter jets over the next decade. —Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for the tarmac

• almanac
• camelback
• cardiac
• carryback
• cluniac
• diamondback
• lumberjack
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback