macadamize
Meanings
verb
- To cover (a road) with macadam (small, broken stones) so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
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Etymology
From macadam + -ize, after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam who pioneered this method of road construction around 1820.
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