macadam

• McAdam

Named after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), who invented the process of macadamization. Used for describing road surfaces originally constructed using the McAdam method, but now sometimes used for any road or street.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈkædəm/

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macadam (countable and uncountable, plural macadams)

1. (uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
2. (US, dated, countable) Any road or street.

• macadamize
• tarmac
• tarmacadam

macadam (third-person singular simple present macadams, present participle macadaming or macadamming, simple past and past participle macadamed or macadammed)

1. (transitive) To cover or surface with macadam.

• asphalt

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macadam m (plural macadams)

1. macadam

• “macadam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French macadam or German Makadam.

macadam n (plural macadamuri)

1. macadam (surface of a road)

macadam m (plural macadams or macadam)

1. macadam

• “macadam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16