Resurface vs Tarmac - What's the difference?
resurface | tarmac | Related terms |
To come once again to the surface
To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface.
To arise or become evident again. To re-occur or reappear.
(rare) To make something reappear.
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To come out of hiding or obscurity.
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.}}
Resurface is a related term of tarmac.
As verbs the difference between resurface and tarmac
is that resurface is to come once again to the surface while tarmac is (british|canada) to pave.As a noun tarmac is
the bituminous surface of a road.resurface
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(resurfac)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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