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Macadam   Listen
noun
macadam  n.  
1.
The broken stone used in macadamized roadways.
2.
A paved surface formed of compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.
Synonyms: tartarmac, macadam.





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"Macadam" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Cambria's rocks uneasily are lowing, With redder blaze of wild amaze their eyes around them throwing; And the unkempt stot of Galloway, and the Kyloe of the Mearns, Whose hoof, that crush'd the heather tuft, the mild MACADAM spurns. ...
— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton
... was walking down the broad macadam avenue debating his problem. The first glow of excitement was over, and he was finding difficulties. The theory still held; but in the carrying out of ...
— Samuel the Seeker • Upton Sinclair


Words linked to "Macadam" :   paved surface, macadamize, tarmac, tarmacadam


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