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macadam \macadam\ macadamized \macadamized\adj.
1. paved with macadam[2].

Syn: asphalt, tarmac, tarmacadam.
[WordNet 1.5]


Macadamize \Mac*ad"am*ize\, v. 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.
[1913 Webster]