Tarmac vs Hanger - What's the difference?
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The bituminous surface of a road.
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(lb) The area of an airport where planes park or maneuver.
(British, Canada) To pave.
* {{quote-book, 2008, Valerie Belsey, Exploring Green Lanes in North and North-West Devon
, passage=To your left is a green lane, partly tarmacked with chippings, which leads up to a little car-parking area. }}
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(aviation) To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance.
* {{quote-book, 1989, Donald F. Wood & James C. Johnson, Contemporary Transportation
, passage="It is not unusual these days for the time spent tarmacking to exceed the time spent in the air, " said Senator John Danforth, R-Mo.}}
One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
# A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
# (machines) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
# A bridle iron
# A clothes hanger
That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
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(UK) A steep, wooded declivity.
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As nouns the difference between tarmac and hanger
is that tarmac is the bituminous surface of a road while hanger is one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.As a verb tarmac
is to pave.tarmac
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(wikipedia tarmac)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* The tarmac is any area of an airfield that is paved. It is often used to describe planes that are still sitting on a paved surface due to some sort of delay.See also
* asphaltVerb
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Taking the rough with the smooth: Bolton residents anger over half-tarmaced road, ITV Granada:
- Residents in Bolton are angry after workmen tarmaced only one half of their road leaving the other half strewn with potholes.
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