Pronunciations (2)
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/məˈkædəm/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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məˈkædəm
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Noun
The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
Usage- Uncountable
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More examples (1)
This narrow-gauge line had suffered the same fate as that between Schull and Skibbereen, with the track taken up except where it runs through one of the town streets and is embedded in the macadam.
Any road or street.
Usage- US usage
- Countable
- Dated
Verb
To cover or surface with macadam.
Usage- Transitive
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Noun
broken stone used in macadamized roadways
- Broader terms
a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
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Verb
surface with macadam
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macadam the road