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  • Macadam — is a type of road construction pioneered by the Scotsman John Loudon McAdam in around 1820. The method simplified what had been considered state of the art at that point.Before McAdamBefore McAdam, French road director Pierre Marie Jérôme… …   Wikipedia

  • macadam — [mə kad′əm] n. [after John L. McAdam (1756 1836), Scot engineer] 1. small broken stones used in making roads; esp., such stones combined with a binder such as tar or asphalt 2. macadamized pavement …   English World dictionary

  • macadam — /meuh kad euhm/, n. 1. a macadamized road or pavement. 2. the broken stone used in making such a road. [1815 25; named after J. L. McAdam (1756 1836), Scottish engineer who invented it] * * * Form of pavement invented by John McAdam. McAdam s… …   Universalium

  • pavement — pavemental /payv men tl/, adj. /payv meuhnt/, n. 1. a paved road, highway, etc. 2. a paved surface, ground covering, or floor. 3. a material used for paving. 4. Atlantic States and Brit. sidewalk. 5. pound the pavement, Informal. to walk the… …   Universalium

  • pavement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. paving; road, street, sidewalk; macadam, asphalt, cement, tar, concrete, tile, bricks, stone, flagging, cobbles, pave stone, paving blocks, flagstone. See covering. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hard… …   English dictionary for students

  • macadam — Synonyms and related words: Tarmac, Tarvia, asphalt, bitumen, bituminous macadam, blacktop, brick, cement, cobble, cobblestone, concrete, curb, curbing, curbstone, edgestone, flag, flagging, flagstone, gravel, kerb, kerbstone, pavement, pavestone …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pavement — Synonyms and related words: Tarmac, Tarvia, adobe, ashlar, asphalt, base, basement, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, bitumen, bituminous macadam, blacktop, brick, bricks and mortar, carpet, carpeting, cement, clinker, cobble,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • macadam — noun Etymology: John L. McAdam died 1836 British engineer Date: 1824 macadamized roadway or pavement especially with a bituminous binder …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pavement — n 1. paved road, highway, thoroughfare, causeway; sidewalk, pave 2. macadam, asphalt, concrete, cement; tar, pitch; cobblestones, flagstones, flagging, brick, stonework …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • macadam — mac•ad•am [[t]məˈkæd əm[/t]] n. 1) civ a macadamized road or pavement 2) civ the broken stone used for macadamizing • Etymology: 1815–25; after J. L. McAdam (1756–1836), Scottish engineer, who invented the process …   From formal English to slang

  • macadam — /məˈkædəm / (say muh kaduhm) noun 1. a macadamised road or pavement. 2. the broken stone used in making such a road. {named after JL McAdam, 1756–1836, Scottish inventor} …  

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