Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cover or surface with macadam.

    surface with macadam

Origin

Named after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), who invented the process of

Named after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), who invented the process of macadamization. Used for describing road surfaces originally constructed using the McAdam method, but now sometimes used for any road or street.

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Forms

macadams, macadaming, macadamed, macadamed
Base formmacadam · to macadam
3rd person singularmacadams
Present participlemacadaming
Past simplemacadamed / macadammed
Past participlemacadamed / macadammed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymacadam
he, she, itmacadams

Past simpleLesson

all personsmacadamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave macadamed
he, she, ithas macadamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill macadam

Synonyms

3 synonyms
macadamize
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedasphalt

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ma'ammacmacabreC1macadamiamacaquemacaronmacaroni

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