Macadam is pavement made of compacted broken stones, usually bound with tar or asphalt.
Macadam refers to pavement made from compacted broken stones, now typically mixed with tar or asphalt.
| Front | macadam \ma-KAD-uhm\ |
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| Back | noun Pavement made of layers of compacted broken stone, now usually bound with tar or asphalt. [After John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836), Scottish civil engineer.] |
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