mac·ad·am
(mə-kăd′əm)n.
Pavement made of layers of compacted broken stone, now usually bound with asphalt.
[After John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836), Scottish civil engineer.]
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macadam
(məˈkædəm)n
(Civil Engineering) a road surface made of compressed layers of small broken stones, esp one that is bound together with tar or asphalt
[C19: named after John McAdam (1756–1836), Scottish engineer, the inventor]
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mac•ad•am
(məˈkæd əm)n.
1. a macadamized road or pavement.
2. the broken stone used for macadamizing.
[1815–25; after J. Latin. McAdam (1756–1836), Scottish engineer, who invented the process]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  macadam - broken stone used in macadamized roadways |
| 2. |  macadam - a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tarpaved surface - a level horizontal surface covered with paving material |
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