Word familynounmacadammacadamizationverbmacadamize
Related topics: Roads, Industry
ma·cad·am /məˈkædəm/ noun [uncountableU]
TTRTIa road surface made of a mixture of broken stones and tar or asphalt 柏油碎石路面SYN British English tarmac
Examples from the Corpus
macadam• Keep the roller wet so it doesn't pick up lumps of macadam.• I was blown to one side off the macadam, then dragged back and crashed down on the other.
Originmacadam
(1800-1900) John Loudon Macadam (1756-1836), Scottish engineer who invented it