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Macadam
macadam
macadam
English
Noun
macadam (countable and uncountable, plural macadams)
- (uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
- (US, dated, countable) Any road or street
Related terms
- (materials) asphalt, brick, cobbles, gravel, tar
- (features and construction techniques) crown, crowning, dusting, paving, rolled, subgrade
- (equipment and tools) bulldozer, dump truck, grader, pan, roller, sheepfooter, steamroller
- (road surface types) cobblestone, dirt, gravel, hardtop, tarmac, tarmacadam
- (vias) highway, road, street
Translations
surface of a road
Verb
macadam (third-person singular simple present macadams, present participle macadaming or macadamming, simple past and past participle macadamed or macadammed)
- (transitive) To cover or surface with macadam.