macadamize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cover (a road) with macadam (small, broken stones) so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Word forms

macadamize macadamizes macadamizing macadamized macadamise McAdamise McAdamize

Etymology

From macadam + -ize, after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam who pioneered this method of road construction around 1820.

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