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macadam Definition

mac·adam (mə kad′əm)

noun

  1. small broken stones used in making roads; esp., such stones combined with a binder such as tar or asphalt
  2. macadamized pavement

Etymology: after John L. McAdam (1756-1836), Scot engineer

macadam Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • bituminous: These kits are also suitable for fixing seats onto surfaces of bituminous macadam, laid on top of concrete.

Modifies a noun

  • court: There are 3 artificial grass tennis courts and nine macadam courts.

Noun used with modifier

  • bitumen: Flexible Construction ( i.e. bitumen macadam ) Cheapest footway construction option.
  • tar: The pavements are just cobbles, and tar macadam on the road was unknown.
  • grade: Bitucrete Bitucrete is a cold applied, deferred set, storage grade macadam - ideal for instant, high quality temporary repairs to.. .
  • storage: Bitucrete Bitucrete is a cold applied, deferred set, storage grade macadam - ideal for instant, high quality temporary repairs to.. .
macadam Quotes

New York is a jungle, they tell you.You could go further, and say that New York is a jungle. New York is a jungle. Beneath the columns of the old rain forest, made of melting macadam, the mean Limpopo of swamped Ninth Avenue bears an angry argosy of crocs and dragons, tiger fish, noise machines, sweating rainmakers.

—Amis, Martin Louis

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