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Webster 1913 Edition


Macadamize

Mac-ad′am-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Macadamized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Macadamizing
.]
[From
John Loudon
McAdam
, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.]
To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or other flat area, with
macadam
, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Syn. – tarmac.

Definition 2024


macadamize

macadamize

English

Verb

macadamize (third-person singular simple present macadamizes, present participle macadamizing, simple past and past participle macadamized)

  1. To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.


Portuguese

Verb

macadamize

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of macadamizar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of macadamizar
  3. third-person singular imperative of macadamizar