macadam
IPA: mʌkˈædʌm
noun
- (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.
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- Alternative form of MacAdam [A surname from Scottish Gaelic.]
verb
- (transitive) To cover or surface with macadam.
Examples of "macadam" in Sentences
- In the UK this would be macadam or the like.
- Macadam died in 1865 after a ship board accident.
- This mineral provides bulk for concrete and macadam.
- The remaining courts have all weather macadam surfaces.
- The macadam method spread very quickly across the world.
- Finally, the original sections of the road were not macadam.
- Virac is crisscrossed by macadam, asphalt and concrete roads.
- A machine for recycling macadam highway pavement is disclosed.
- Virac is criss crossed by macadam, asphalt and concrete roads.
- This name is a reference to the paving process named by MacAdam.