Tarmac

Tarmac may refer to:

Engineered surfaces

Tarmacadam, a mainly historical tar-based material for macadamising road surfaces, patented in 1902
Asphalt concrete, a macadamising material using asphalt instead of tar which has largely superseded tarmacadam
Tarmac is sometimes incorrectly used (mostly by news media) to refer to any paved surface of an airport regardless of material, including the

Companies

Tarmac (company), a British building materials company
Tarmac Building Products, the construction materials division of Tarmac
Tarmac Group, former UK-based multinational building materials and construction company
Tarmac Construction, part of Tarmac Group until 1999 when sold off as Carillion

See also

Tarmak, a village in Sakht Sar Rural District, Central District of Ramsar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Tarmac scam or tarmacking, a confidence trick

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