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Macadamize

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
macadamize

1825 (implied in macadamized), from macadam + -ize. In early use also mcadamize. Related: Macadamizing. Also macadamise, macadamised.

Wiktionary
macadamize

vb. To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

WordNet
macadamize

v. surface with macadam; "macadam the road" [syn: macadamise, tarmac]

Usage examples of "macadamize".

Collis said a whole macadamized road might be made, grew sick with disappointment and anxiety.

The Quebecois farmer gestured to the macadamized road along which the wagon traveled.