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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. surface with macadam;
- Example: "macadam the road"
[syn: macadamize, macadamise, tarmac]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

macadamize v 1: surface with macadam; "macadam the road" [syn: macadamize, macadamise, tarmac]