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macadam

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CIDE DICTIONARY

macadamn. 
  •  The broken stone used in macadamized roadways.  [WordNet 1.5]
  •  A paved surface formed of compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.  [WordNet 1.5]
macadamadj. 
     paved with macadam{2}.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

macadam, n.
1 material for road-making with successive layers of compacted broken stone.
2 = TARMACADAM.

Derivative
macadamize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology
J. L. McAdam, Brit. surveyor d. 1836, who advocated using this material

THESAURUS

macadam

Tarmac, Tarvia, asphalt, bitumen, bituminous macadam, blacktop, brick, cement, cobble, cobblestone, concrete, curb, curbing, curbstone, edgestone, flag, flagging, flagstone, gravel, kerb, kerbstone, pavement, pavestone, paving, paving stone, road metal, stone, tarmacadam, tile, washboard

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