n. The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
n. Any road or street
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The broken stone used in macadamized roadways.
n. A paved surface formed of compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.
adj. paved with macadam{2}.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Macadamized pavement.
n. The material used for a macadam pavement.
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n. broken stone used in macadamized roadways
n. a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
Word Usage
"John McAdam designed the first modern highway of inexpensive paving material of soil and stone aggregate known as macadam during the Industrial Revolution."